BATTERIES, diesel, oil drums and dead dogs. These are just a few of the items that have been dumped in makeshift rubbish tips in Antarctica.
Decades of exploration and research have left more than 70 waste sites spread along the coast of the continent on ice-free rocky outcrops, which also happen to be home to most of Antarctica’s wildlife.
“Decades of exploration and research have left more than 70 waste sites in Antarctica”
Under the 1991 Madrid protocol, the countries responsible for these waste sites must clean them up, yet progress has been painfully slow. This is largely down to…
