Antarctica: rough seas on way to southern wilderness – video

The Guardian's science correspondent Alok Jha on board the Akademik Shokalskiy, an Antarctic research vessel. Struggling to stay standing upright amid the choppy waters of the Southern Ocean, he is making the journey alongside scientists from the Australasian Antactric Expedition to Macquarie Island, which houses around 3.5m royal penguins

Length: 1min 21sec
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Wednesday 11 December 2013

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