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A Weddell seal lies atop ice at Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, East Antarctica in this January 1, 2010 file photo. Russia has again thwarted attempts to create the world’s largest ocean sanctuary in Antarctica, the final country opposing the protection of a vast swathe of rich waters from fishing after a revised international plan won support from China. The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is winding up a 10-day meeting in Hobart, Australia on October 30, 2015 without the consensus needed for a deal to conserve and manage the marine ecosystems in the Southern Ocean. While Russia blocked conservation proposals for a fifth consecutive time, delegates welcomed China's support for the revised Marine Protection Area (MPA) in the icy but fertile Ross Sea put forward by the United States and New Zealand. (Photo by Pauline Askin/Reuters)
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