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Events in the year 2002 in the Antarctica.

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Members of the Antarctic Treaty System officially adopt a new emblem, which would go on to be used as the flag that represented Antarctica occasionally, however; this emblem represents the Antarctic Treaty and not the continent itself.[1]

In the first three months of the year,[2] the 3,250 square kilometer (1,250 square mile) Larsen B Ice Shelf splintered and collapsed.[3][4]

References
  1. "Antarctic Treaty database - Decision 2 (2002) - ATCM XXV - CEP V, Warsaw". ats.aq. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  2. "Larsen B Ice Shelf Collapses in Antarctica | National Snow and Ice Data Center". nsidc.org.
  3. Vidal, John (20 March 2002). "Gigantic ice shelf splits from Antarctica". the Guardian.
  4. "World of Change: Collapse of the Larsen-B Ice Shelf". earthobservatory.nasa.gov. 7 April 2010.
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