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South Africa: Protesters Say Russian Ship Bound for Antarctica Unwelcome
VOA, 31 January 2023
Climate activists in South Africa are protesting a refueling stop by a Russian ship that they say is ignoring a ban on exploring oil and gas in Antarctica. Read more »
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South Africa: Using Cape Town As a Launchpad, Russia Boasts of Supergiant Oil Fields in Antarctic Wilderness
Daily Maverick, 25 October 2021
As Antarctic Treaty nations release the new Paris Declaration, a brand-new climate manifesto, Daily Maverick can reveal this international investigation: Russia has combed the… Read more »
Protests as Russian Ship Rounds Cape Coast For Antarctica
Climate activists in South Africa are protesting a refuelling stop by a Russian ship that they say is ignoring a ban on exploring oil and gas in Antarctica, Vicky Stark reports for Voice of America.
Greenpeace Africa and Extinction Rebellion - organisers of the protest - has said that the seismic tests undertaken by the Akademik Alexander Karpinsky for the past 25 years, are harmful to marine life.
