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Artigas Base, King George Island, Feb 20 (EFE), (Camera: SANTIAGO CARBONE/ FEDERICO ANFITTI).- On the planet's southernmost point, there is nothing but ice.For six months the frozen continent is plunged into complete darkness, with temperatures plummeting to -30C.To survive in this winterscape, the researchers and scientists who are hardy enough to brave these freezing conditions must pool their resources and rely on coexistence and cooperation.Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, South Korea, Peru, Russia and Uruguay have all set up research bases on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands.FOOTAGE OF KING GEORGE ISLAND.SOUNDBITES OF RUDY PÍRIZ ‘TITAN’, COOK:“One can do a simple dish with bread and rice or maybe vegetables, but when you add these ingredients, love, effort... That’s the main thing..."
A US Coast Guard employee, Chief Petty Officer Brad Fitzpatrick rescued two people and six dogs from a flooded home in Wilmington, North Carolina, after Hurricane Florence and its remnants swept through the area. He worked with other aircrews throughout the day in extreme conditions, encountering submerged barbed wire fencing, floating fire-ant beds, and chest-deep water to save people and animals from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Florence.
Thousands of runners endure a grueling obstacle course in freezing cold to compete in what could be the world's toughest race. Tara Cleary reports.
Années 1940. Le ghetto de Terezin réunit parmi les déportés juifs, un grand nombre de compositeurs, de peintres, de sculpteurs, de poètes et d'écrivains, le cœur et l'âme de la culture d'Europe centrale de l'époque.
Several thousand teachers and other education staff are demonstrating in Paris to raise the alarm about their working conditions and salaries and to defend state schools, following controversial statements made by their minister Amelie Oudea-Castera. (COMPLETE VIDI34HD28T_EN) IMAGES
As cyclone Belal hits French island Reunion, broken tree branches litter the ground and residents hunker down in their homes under a strict lockdown in the town of Saint Gilles-les-Hauts. Belal isn't as intense of a storm as originally forecast and cyclone alert was downgraded from purple, its highest level, to red at 1pm local time to allow emergency services to intervene and assess the damage. IMAGES