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A trip to remember: Scott’s expedition to the South Pole

The winds that chill New Zealand’s winter rush across 2500km of sea from Antarctica. In winter, Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth, a place of darkness. Scientists work there throughout the year. Air support enables them to turn an inhospitable land into a laboratory where they research climate change, biology, oceanography, and an innumerable number of other subjects.  Peter…