King crabs — 3-feet-wide red monsters that devour everything in their path — have invaded Antarctica. Read more» 
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One of New Zealand's top surgeons volunteered to operate on the young penguin from Antarctica that appeared in the country last week and has since captivated the world. Read more»
As Happy Feet got treated at the zoo hospital, New Zealand investment adviser Gareth Morgan offered to take the penguin, who lost its way swimming and ended up on a New Zealand beach, by boat to Antarctica next February. (with video) Read more»
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Ernest Shackleton took more than six months to sail from England to Antarctica 103 years ago on his quest to reach the South Pole. In the hold of his ship, which braved both a steamy equatorial crossing and the buffeting of ice floes, were several crates of Scotch whisky. Read more»
