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Scotland and the Antarctic

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Section 7: The legacy of Bruce

Environmental Problems

  1. Pollution
  2. Global warming
  3. The ozone layer
  4. Lake Vostok

No dogs
Dogs were banned from the Antarctic in 1994 and replaced by skidoos. Dogs had been mainly used for recreational work by BAS employees and were thought to be an environmental problem. This ban was agreed by all the countries of the Antarctic Treaty.

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