Australia wants to build a huge concrete runway in Antarctica. Here's why that's a bad idea
- Written by Shaun Brooks, University Associate, University of Tasmania
AADAustralia wants to build a 2.7-kilometre concrete runway in Antarctica, the world’s biggest natural reserve. The plan, if approved, would have the largest footprint of any project in the continent’s history.
The runway is part of an aerodrome to be constructed near Davis Station, one of Australia’s three permanent bases in...





