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Saving Antarctica
FromThe History Hour
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Feb 22, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
In October 1991, an international protocol to protect the world’s last wilderness, Antarctica, from commercial exploitation was agreed at a summit in Madrid. Louise Hidalgo talks to one of the environmentalists who led a successful campaign to protect the ice continent. Also, how meditation changes the brain, the Iraqi "supergun affair", and political art in Nigeria.
Picture: Blue icebergs in Antarctica (Credit: Getty Images)
Picture: Blue icebergs in Antarctica (Credit: Getty Images)
Released:
Feb 22, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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