Hunting for whales and seals drew people to the Antarctic in the early years of the 19th century and within only a few decades.
The Antarctic fur seal was at the verge of extinction at many locations by 1830.
Burning all the world’s coal, oil and gas would melt the entire Antarctic ice-sheet…
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