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    The Trump-Putin summit will take place in a former Russian colony that the United States bought for $7.2 million in 1867. Here’s how the deal came together and why its legacy matters.
     
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Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S.

Par :Mike Ives
15 août 2025 à 03:00
The Trump-Putin summit will take place in a former Russian colony that the United States bought for $7.2 million in 1867. Here’s how the deal came together and why its legacy matters.

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The $7.2 million U.S. Treasury check that sealed the American purchase of Alaska in 1867.
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Russia and Ukraine Agree: A Trump Summit Is a Big Win for Putin

Par :Andrew Higgins and Nataliya Vasilyeva
14 août 2025 à 17:19
The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him an opening to sway the American president.

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A summit meeting with President Trump is widely seen as a victory for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, even if no agreements are reached.
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Plan for Israeli Settlements Advances and Will ‘Bury’ Palestinian Statehood, Minister Vows

Par :Ephrat Livni
14 août 2025 à 15:16
Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, said on Thursday that a plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied East Jerusalem had won approval. But a procedural step remained.

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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich of Israel, center, arriving for a news conference regarding settlements expansion on Thursday.
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Air Canada Cancels Flights Ahead of Possible Flight Attendant Strike

Par :Ian Austen and Niraj Chokshi
14 août 2025 à 15:25
The dominant air carrier in Canada set in motion a process that could ground 130,000 passengers a day by Saturday.

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Air Canada flight attendants picketed outside Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, on Monday.
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Pilgrimage Route Hit as Flash Flood Kills Dozens in Kashmir

Par :Showkat Nanda
14 août 2025 à 12:47
Hundreds more were missing, many of them Hindu pilgrims, after a cloudburst triggered flooding in mountainous terrain.

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An image from a video of an injured person being carried to a hospital on Thursday in the Paddar area of Kishtwar District in India-controlled Kashmir.
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Echoes of Old Walls Appear, Briefly, in Britain’s Arid Soil

Par :Amelia Nierenberg
14 août 2025 à 12:39
Unusually dry conditions are revealing the outlines of old walls at British historical sites. Climate change is making the lines, called “parchmarks,” more frequently visible.
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Israel Says More Aid Is Entering Gaza, but Relief Groups Warn of Bottlenecking

Par :Natan Odenheimer and Adam Rasgon
14 août 2025 à 17:35
Israel says it has allowed more aid into Gaza in recent days, and food prices are dropping, but humanitarian groups warn it is not enough.

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Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, on Monday.
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In Reversal, Toronto Film Festival Will Screen Documentary About Oct. 7 Attack

Par :Vjosa Isai
14 août 2025 à 22:04
Organizers said they had addressed concerns that led the festival to cancel screenings of the Israeli film, which includes footage of atrocities recorded by Hamas fighters.

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Cameron Bailey, the chief executive of the Toronto International Film Festival, said the festival had failed to “clearly articulate the concerns and roadblocks” that led to the withdrawal of the documentary from its lineup.
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Syria Violence in March Amounts to War Crimes, U.N. Report Says

Par :Christina Goldbaum
14 août 2025 à 11:31
An inquiry found that members of the new government’s forces took part in killing Syrian civilians during sectarian fighting in March, but found no evidence that they acted on government orders.

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Smoke rising above Baniyas, Syria, in March, amid clashes between the new Syrian government’s security forces and those loyal to the former Assad regime.
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Russia Seeks to Add Trade and Arms Control Into Trump-Putin Talks

Par :Ivan Nechepurenko
14 août 2025 à 11:07
Over recent months, the Kremlin has been trying to move the diplomatic focus away from Ukraine to bilateral issues, such as trade and strategic stability.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in a photo released by Russian state media on Thursday. He told officials that he hoped to discuss “strategic offensive arms control.”
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Tourist ‘Is in Trouble’ After Stones Taken From Pompeii, Police Say

Par :Elisabetta Povoledo
14 août 2025 à 10:19
A Scottish man is under investigation for aggravated theft, police officials said, after visiting the ancient Italian site.

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Tourists visiting Pompeii in April.
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Huckabee Calls Death of Palestinian-American in West Bank ‘Terrorism’

Par :Ephrat Livni
15 juillet 2025 à 19:48
Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, demanded “accountability for this criminal and terrorist act,” referring to the killing last week of Sayfollah Musallet in the occupied territories.

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Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, urged Israel to “aggressively investigate” the death of a Palestinian-American in a clash in the West Bank.
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As Trump Pushes International Students Away, Asian Schools Scoop Them Up

Par :Lydia DePillis and Jin Yu Young
14 août 2025 à 00:00
The president’s hostility toward foreign students has made American higher education a riskier proposition for them. Other countries are eager to capitalize.

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The Trump administration’s policies are scaring off foreign students, who are being courted by more Asian universities like Yonsei University, above, in Seoul.
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Israeli Settlers Unleash Record High Attacks in West Bank

Par :Patrick Kingsley · Fatima AbdulKarim and Natan Odenheimer
14 août 2025 à 05:40
Extremists are carrying out one of the most violent campaigns against Palestinian villages since the U.N. began keeping records.

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Burned out cars in Burqa, in the West Bank, last month.
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The U.S. Is Auctioning a Seized Russian Yacht. Will Anyone Buy It?

Par :Aishvarya Kavi
14 août 2025 à 05:03
The Justice Department said the yacht, Amadea, was worth at least $300 million when it was seized in 2022 from a Russian oligarch. It’s unlikely to sell for that price.

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The United States government is auctioning off the Amadea, a luxury yacht that it seized in 2022, saying it belonged to a Russian oligarch who was sanctioned by the United States.
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A Year After the Revolution, Bangladesh Grapples With Frustration

Par :Anupreeta Das and Saif Hasnat
14 août 2025 à 02:03
There are concerns about the slow pace of change in the country, with a promised election still months away, a struggling economy and familiar problems persisting.

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Bangladeshis celebrated the one-year anniversary of the downfall of Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister, on Aug. 5 in Dhaka.
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Sudan Hit by Its ‘Worst Cholera Outbreak’ in Years, Medical Charity Says

Par :Eve Sampson
14 août 2025 à 01:00
International charities warned that, left unchecked, the disease’s spread might exacerbate similar outbreaks across the African region for weeks or months to come.

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Patients received treatment in the cholera ward of a refugee camp in the town of Tawila in the western Darfur region of Sudan on Tuesday.
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How a Call From Trump Ignited a Frantic Week of Diplomacy by Ukraine

Par :Constant Méheut
14 août 2025 à 00:01
Once a vague proposal for a territorial swap gained clarity, a worried President Volodymyr Zelensky worked to rally allies before Friday’s Trump-Putin summit.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany in Berlin on Wednesday.
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U.S. Pilot Stranded in Antarctica Says It’s ‘Isolating and Lonely’

Par :Michael Levenson
13 août 2025 à 17:51
Ethan Guo, a content creator, said that he has been effectively trapped at a Chilean base since June. The authorities had said he landed there without permission.

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An aircraft lands at the Chilean military base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva on King George Island in 2014.
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Canada’s Wildfire Season Is One of Its Worst Ever, and It’s Not Over Yet

Par :Talya Minsberg and Amy Graff
13 août 2025 à 20:12
Thousands have been evacuated as quick moving wildfires burn in Eastern Canada.

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Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for several communities in Newfoundland and Labrador Province this month. Five fires continue to be classified as out of control in the province.
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After Reassuring Europe, Trump Strikes a Different Tone About Russian Threats

Par :Katie Rogers
13 août 2025 à 19:39
Hours after presenting a united front with allies, President Trump warned Vladimir V. Putin of “severe consequences” if Russia refuses to end the war in Ukraine. But he also suggested that he has limited power to alter the Russian leader’s behavior.

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A residential building in Kyiv destroyed by a Russian missile last month.
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Top Iranian Official Visits Lebanon as Hezbollah Bucks Calls to Disarm

Par :Euan Ward
13 août 2025 à 16:31
The visit by Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s top security body, came as the Lebanese government moves to disarm Hezbollah, the militant group that has long been Tehran’s most powerful regional ally.

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Ali Larijani, second right, head of Iran’s National Security Council, arrived in Beirut on Wednesday to meet Lebanese leaders.
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Dozens of Migrants Drown Off Lampedusa, Italy

Par :Elisabetta Povoledo
13 août 2025 à 14:11
Sixty people survived after two boats with nearly 100 migrants capsized. The causes of the shipwrecks were not clear, Italian officials and U.N. agencies said. The death toll is likely to grow.

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Italian Coast Guards officers carrying a body bag on the dock of the Lampedusa harbor on Wednesday.
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U.K. Secretly Spent $3.2 Million to Stop Journalists From Reporting on Data Breach

Par :Lizzie Dearden
13 août 2025 à 13:50
After British authorities accidentally exposed information about 19,000 Afghans, the government sought a legal order preventing disclosure of the breach.

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British and Canadian soldiers guarding the Kabul airport after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 as Afghans hoping to flee the country stood by.
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    Starvation has spread in Gaza, as the prices of basic goods have skyrocketed and getting aid is difficult and often deadly. Ashley Wu, a graphics reporter for The New York Times, explains the dire choices that many Gazans face, as Israel faces growing condemnation over the crisis.
     
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What It Takes to Find Food in Gaza

Par :Ashley Wu · Christina Shaman · June Kim · James Surdam and Rebecca Suner
13 août 2025 à 12:34
Starvation has spread in Gaza, as the prices of basic goods have skyrocketed and getting aid is difficult and often deadly. Ashley Wu, a graphics reporter for The New York Times, explains the dire choices that many Gazans face, as Israel faces growing condemnation over the crisis.
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Mendenhall River Hit Record High From Glacier Melt

Par :Raymond Zhong
13 août 2025 à 14:10
An overflowing glacial lake caused a surge in the Mendenhall River on Wednesday, prompting flood alerts and evacuations in Juneau.
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JD Vance Meets Nigel Farage, Another Right Wing Populist, on Trip to UK

Par :Mark Landler
13 août 2025 à 09:48
JD Vance, the vice president, sat down with Nigel Farage, a longtime supporter of President Trump whose party, Reform U.K., is leading in British polls.

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Vice President JD Vance was hosted on Friday by David Lammy, the British foreign secretary, at a government-owned estate in southern England.
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Europe Battles Deadly Wildfires as High Winds Fuel Flames

Par :Amelia Nierenberg and José Bautista
13 août 2025 à 08:46
Firefighters were struggling to tame blazes in several countries in southern Europe, including Albania, Greece, Montenegro and Spain, and in Turkey.

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Fighting a wildfire on the outskirts of Patras, Greece, on Wednesday.
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Gaza Plan Stokes Tension Between Israel’s Military Chief and Government

Par :Lara Jakes
13 août 2025 à 12:40
Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir has pushed back against a proposal to control Gaza City, according to officials. One hard-right member of the government suggested he could be dismissed.

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Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, the Israeli military’s chief of staff, in Jerusalem in March. He has been criticized over promotions of top officers and for consulting with outside advisers.
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Typhoon Podul Heads Toward China After Lashing Taiwan

Par :Amy Chang Chien
13 août 2025 à 06:19
A man was swept away while fishing and dozens of other people were injured as strong winds and rain battered the island.

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Waves breaking along the coast as Typhoon Podul approached in Taitung, Taiwan, on Wednesday.
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Israel Hasn’t Prosecuted a Single Suspect for the Oct. 7 Attack

Par :Johnatan Reiss
13 août 2025 à 06:06
Israel has extensively documented the 2023 Hamas-led assault and is believed to be holding at least 200 Palestinians suspected of involvement. Not one has been charged or put on trial.

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Damage at kibbutz Be’eri, which was a target during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack, the deadliest in Israel’s history.
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Why Cristiano Ronaldo’s Engagement Raised Eyebrows in Saudi Arabia

Par :Vivian Nereim
13 août 2025 à 05:03
The soccer star has been living in the country with Georgina Rodríguez, the mother of his children, testing the boundaries of social change in the conservative Islamic kingdom.

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez attending an event held by the Saudi team he plays for, Al Nassr, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2023.
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Trump and Putin Could Decide Others’ Fates, Echoing Yalta Summit

Par :Steven Erlanger
13 août 2025 à 05:03
In 1945, the map of Europe was redrawn in Yalta without input from the affected countries. Ukraine and Europe fear a repeat in Alaska.

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From left, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta summit in 1945. The meeting, during which the three leaders redrew the map of Europe, has become a symbol for how superpowers can decide the fates of other nations.
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The South Korean Collector Who Fell for Posters From Communist Poland

Par :John Yoon · Zuzanna Piekarska and Chang W. Lee
13 août 2025 à 05:00
Oh Hwangtaek has amassed one of the largest collections of Polish posters outside Poland. He shares his unlikely passion at his own museum in Seoul.

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Beijing Evacuated Thousands Before Deadly Floods, but Not a Nursing Home

Par :Lily Kuo and Berry Wang
13 août 2025 à 04:19
The recent flooding that killed 31 in a single nursing home exposed flaws in emergency planning as China braces for more extreme and unpredictable weather.

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Flooded buildings in Taishitun, northeast of central Beijing, last month.
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Pakistan Is in Trump’s Good Graces, but for How Long?

Par :Elian Peltier
13 août 2025 à 04:15
President Trump hosted the South Asian nation’s army chief and seeks deals on critical minerals and crypto. But Pakistan is also tightening its military partnership with China.

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A poster of Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief, in Lahore.
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Pakistan Is in Trump’s Good Graces, but for How Long?

Par :Elian Peltier
13 août 2025 à 03:25
President Trump hosted the South Asian nation’s army chief and seeks deals on critical minerals and crypto. But Pakistan is also tightening its military partnership with China.

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A poster of Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief, in Lahore.
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Kabul, Afghanistan’s Capital, Could Run Out of Water by 2030

Par :Elian Peltier and Jim Huylebroek
13 août 2025 à 00:01
The six million people living in the Afghan capital could be out of water by 2030. The government is scrambling for solutions, but financial reserves are as dry as Kabul’s water basins.

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Zelensky and Other European Leaders Work With Trump on Russia-Ukraine Strategy

Par :Jim Tankersley
13 août 2025 à 13:51
Chancellor Friedrich Merz and several allies played host to President Trump for a video call, the latest in a summer-long effort to hold ranks in supporting Ukraine.

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Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany welcoming President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Berlin, on Wednesday.
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Trump to Meet Putin at U.S. Military Base in Anchorage

Par :Katie Rogers
12 août 2025 à 22:58
The American and Russian presidents will meet face to face at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska on Friday, according to a White House official.

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Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in 2020.
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Human Rights Report Under Trump Blunts Language on Israel and El Salvador

Par :Edward Wong
12 août 2025 à 20:57
A collection of U.S. reports on human rights offenses trimmed or omitted past language on violations in El Salvador, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and Israel, all seen as partners by President Trump.

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The Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in March. El Salvador has faced criticism over high incarceration rates and overcrowding of prisons.
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Six Convicted in 2017 Fire That Killed 41 Girls in Guatemala Group Home

Par :Jody García and James Wagner
12 août 2025 à 20:28
The girls were locked in a classroom in a government-run group home for at-risk youth. The officials were charged with child abuse, dereliction of duty, manslaughter and other counts.

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Relatives of victims and survivors of the 2017 fire at the Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción attended the hearing on Tuesday in Guatemala City.
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Remains of British Researcher Lost in 1959 Are Discovered Off Antarctica

Par :Neil Vigdor
12 août 2025 à 17:06
Dennis “Tink” Bell was 25 years old when he fell into a crevasse on King George Island. Over the decades, a glacier receded, and a scientific team from Poland found his remains this year.

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Dennis Bell, left, with his research colleagues and the dogs that helped them to work in Antarctica in 1959 at Admiralty Bay Base.
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