Trapped Antarctic scientists plead for rescue after ‘assault’

It typically takes about two weeks to reach the Antarctic research station on a freezing clifftop some 2,500 miles from the southernmost tip of Africa. When the weather allows.

One group of scientists dispatched to the frozen continent to study its climate are now utterly alone for at least ten more months, as ice floes and extreme weather make getting in or out impossible.

Given their isolation, the email that arrived from the Sanae IV base last week caused immediate alarm.

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WTF?

h/t Mauser

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France Demands America: ‘Give Us Back the Statue of Liberty!’

Sacré bleu! Talk about a Napoleon complex.

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Jagmeet Singh says NDP would cancel F-35 contract and build fighters in Canada

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced Sunday his party would cancel Canada’s contract to buy U.S.-built F-35s and look for companies to build fighter jets in Canada — a proposal that some defence experts say comes with steep costs.

“Purchasing from the [United] States at this time is not in our national security interest,” Singh told reporters in Iqaluit just days after Defence Minister Bill Blair said Canada is reconsidering its F-35 purchase amid tensions with Washington.

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Top models face court over ‘soft porn’ fashion show in Muslim territory

Top fashion models face being hauled into court over a risqué fashion show in the mountains of Muslim Kashmir.

Scantily dressed male and female models in bikinis, pants and fitted ski-wear strutted on a snow-covered catwalk for a fashion show involving the Indian arm of Elle magazine.

The show by Shivan & Narresh, the well-known fashion brand, was held last Friday at Gulmarg, one of India’s top ski resorts.

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