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Nature 447, 9 (3 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447009a; Published online 2 May 2007

India plans third Antarctic base

K. S. Jayaraman

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International community to look at proposal afresh.

Sometimes it's nice to catch up with your old neighbourhood, even if you have been gone for some time. Indian researchers are taking this desire to extremes with a campaign for a new Antarctic base in Princess Elizabeth Land — a part of the continent that, 120 million years ago, was contiguous with India's eastern coast.