• The midnight sun phenomenon is pictured in this image that combines 14 frames taken every 10 minutes — starting at 10:48 p.m. on Dec. 22 — from the deck of the Shirase icebreaker in the Antarctic. The sun moved from right to left. | KYODO
    The midnight sun phenomenon is pictured in this image that combines 14 frames taken every 10 minutes — starting at 10:48 p.m. on Dec. 22 — from the deck of the Shirase icebreaker in the Antarctic. The sun moved from right to left. | KYODO

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SHOWA STATION, ANTARCTICA – Some 14,000 km from Japan, a 33-member team is researching a wide range of issues on global warming at Showa Station, Japan’s Antarctic research center.

A key pursuit in the research is how global warming is affecting the continent, premised on the notion that rising sea temperatures may be causing glaciers to melt faster.

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