France built a 1,100-metre runway on Adélie land between 1984 and 1993, destroying the habitats of 3,000 pairs of Adélie penguins and several other species of marine birds. However, no aircraft ever landed there, and the sea finally damaged this expensive infrastructure. More
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France built a 1,100-metre runway on Adélie land between 1984 and 1993, destroying the habitats of 3,000 pairs of Adélie penguins and several other species of marine birds. However, no aircraft ever landed there, and the sea finally damaged this expensive infrastructure. More