Particles recorded by scientists at the Chilean research station, the Profesor Julio Escudero Base, as recently as Sunday
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Smoke from bushfires in south-eastern Australia has been detected over Antarctica for the first time since the 2019-20 black summer fires.
Scientists detected the smoke particles at the Profesor Julio Escudero Base, a Chilean research station on King George Island, at the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula.
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