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Deal Reached to Create World's Largest Marine Reserve in Antarctica
A historic deal has been reached to create the world's largest marine reserve in Antarctica, after years of diplomatic wrangling.
Emperor, Aptenodytes forsteri chick with parent in Ross Sea. 
The pact for the protected area in the Ross Sea covers more than 1.55 million square kilometers, about the size of Britain, Germany and France combined.
There will be a no fishing zone of 1.12 million square kilometers.
The Ross Sea - home to penguins, seals, Antarctic toothfish, whales and huge numbers of krill - a staple food for many species - is one of the last intact marine ecosystems in the world. (VOA News)
OCTOBER 29, 2016
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