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See also:	Other events of 2012 Timeline of Antarctic history

This is a list of events occurring in Antarctica in 2012.

Events

• 24 January: A fire forces the evacuation of the Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base with two people dying.
• 5 March: The Sea Shepherd anti-whaling organisation claims to have closed down Japan's main whaling ship, the Nisshin Maru, deep inside the Southern Ocean off the Antarctic coast.
• 20 September: Data from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign shows the Antarctic ice sheet reached its seventh-largest extent on September 12, at 16.14 million km.
• 18 October: A fictional feature film, called South of Sanity, is shot in Antarctica for the first time.
• 26 November: Scientists have found life in an Antarctic Lake Vida that was sealed off from the outside world by a thick sheet of ice several thousands of years ago.
• 12 December: A British research team launches a long-awaited project to hunt for life in Lake Ellsworth hidden beneath the ice-sheet in Antarctica.

References

1. "Two die in fire at Brazil's Antarctic research station". BBC News. 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
2. Darby, Andrew (2012-03-05). "Sea Shepherd finds key whaling ship". WAtoday. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
3. Taylor, James. "Antarctic Sea Ice Sets Another Record". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
4. "Scot shoots first fictional feature in Antarctica". BBC News. 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
5. Sample, Ian (2012-11-26). "Antarctic lake find pushes known boundaries of what life can endure". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
6. "Drilling begins at lake hidden beneath Antarctic". BBC News. 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2024-03-03.

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