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	Podcast:		The Signal
	Episode:		Is Antarctica up for grabs?
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:12:10
	Publish Date:		2019-04-03 12:00:00
	Description:		A lot of powerful countries, including China, are eyeing off Antarctica, and it could be about to get a lot more crowded. The Chinese Government has bases inside Australia's claim, and the only system for policing what happens there is expensive and underutilised. So with the Australian Government nominally in charge of nearly half of the continent's landmass, have we been asleep at the wheel? And as the world's climate warms and superpowers flex their muscles, is Antarctica's status as a peaceful frontier about to change? Featured: Jackson Gothe-Snape, ABC reporter Professor Tim Stephens, Australia Research Council Future Fellow, University of Sydney
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