[caption id="attachment_815411" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The frozen continent is protected from mining under an international treaty signed in 1991,[/caption] China’s increasing interest to explore Antarctica and establish bases there is said to be driven by something else than pure scientific curiosity....
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