ENVIRONMENTAL scientists struggling to return Antarctica to its former
pristine glory are finding the job even harder than they expected.
After a century of rubbish dumping by explorers and researchers, over 70
waste tips litter the Antarctic. So in 1998, around 30 countries that work in
the Antarctic agreed the Madrid Protocol, to clean up the dumps and protect the
environment.
To dispose of the waste on site would mean importing huge amounts of
polluting fuel and equipment. So the original plan was simply to scoop up the
rubbish and ship it out. However, one attempt to move material from…
