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Daily Life - 1st prize
An Antarctic Advantage
Dr. Ernesto Molina, who is supported by the Chilean Antarctic Institute, walks by the Bellingshausen Russian Antarctic base, with its Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, in Fildes Bay.
A signpost bearing the names of cities and countries around the world stands outside the Chilean base, on the Fildes Peninsula.
Members of the Chilean Antarctic Institute team are battered by waves on their way back to base, after taking seawater samples.
Men from the Russian and Chinese stations travel back to base in a snowmobile, after a party held to welcome a new team to the Uruguay Antarctica Artigas Base, and to say farewell to the team departing after a year’s deployment.
Father Benjam Maltzev, an Orthodox priest, looks out from the bell tower of his church.
A member of a German research team counts penguin species and pairs, as part of ongoing research on Ardley Island, on the Fildes Peninsula, an Antarctic Specially Protected Area because of its bird life.
Chilean scientist Dr. Ernesto Molina drinks home-made vodka with members of the winter expedition crew of the Russian research team, in a bedroom on the Bellingshausen base.
Russian engineer Nikolay Skripnik runs through the snow to cool down during a sauna session.
General News - 3rd prize
An Earthquake's Aftermath
Daniel Berehulak
The New York Times
28 November, 2015
A number of countries, including Chile, Poland and Russia, have set up scientific stations on King George Island in the Antarctic. By the Antarctic Treaty, which came into force in 1961, Antarctica was set aside as a scientific preserve, with freedom of investigation and free intellectual exchange. No country may exploit mineral resources or exert territorial claims. The treaty is currently in force until 2048, but a number of countries have an eye on asserting greater influence before the renewal date. Some are looking to the strategic and commercial possibilities that exist right now, such as iceberg harvesting (Antarctica is estimated to have the biggest reserves of fresh water on the planet), krill fishing, and expanding global navigation abilities.
A native of Sydney, Australia, and a regular contributor to The New York Times, he has visited more than 60 countries covering history-shaping events, including the Iraq and Afgh...
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