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Antarctica-related events during the year of 2002
Events in the year
2002 in the
Antarctica
.
Events
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Members of the
Antarctic Treaty System
officially adopt a new emblem, which would go on to be used as the
flag
that represented Antarctica occasionally, however; this emblem represents the Antarctic Treaty and not the continent itself.
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In the first three months of the year,
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the 3,250 square kilometer (1,250 square mile)
Larsen B Ice Shelf
splintered and collapsed.
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