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Published online 30 March 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070326-14

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Did Hitler have a base in the Antarctic?

John Whitfield wonders why fringe fantasies get attracted to the edges of the Earth.

After the initial flurry of interest, International Polar Year (IPY, launched this March) seems to have gone a bit quiet. I propose pepping things up with a good conspiracy theory.

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