Saving Antarctica
Episode 50 min 36s

Saving Antarctica

From The History Hour BBC World Service

In October 1991, an international protocol to protect the world’s last wilderness, Antarctica, from commercial exploitation was agreed at a summit in Madrid. Louise Hidalgo talks to one of the environmentalists who led a successful campaign to protect the ice continent. Also, how meditation changes the brain, the Iraqi "supergun affair", and political art in Nigeria.

Picture: Blue icebergs in Antarctica (Credit: Getty Images)

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