Global Warming Threatens Antarctic Base

June 9, 2007

Global Warming Threatens Antarctic Base (AP)

British Princess Anne inspects the outside of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Hut at Cape Evans in Antarctica in this Feb. 8, 2002 file photo. The Antarctic base occupied by the British explorer on his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole on foot early last century has been included on a list of the world\'s 100 most endangered sites. The list, compiled by an international panel and released by the World Monuments Fund, identifies what are considered to be the world\'s most endangered historic, architectural and cultural treasures. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, Pool, File)

(AP) -- The Antarctic base occupied by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott on his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole on foot early last century has been included on a list of the world's 100 most endangered sites.



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