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A handout picture made available by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) on 28 October 2016 a line of penguins on Inexpressible Island, as the HMS Protector (background) is seen patrolling the area, in Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The HMS Protector is the Royal Navy's Ice patrol Ship and is deployed on operations for 330 days a year. An international agreement to create the world's largest marine park in the Southern Ocean has been brokered, media reported on 28 October 2016, as more than 1.5m sq km of the Ross Sea around Antarctica will be protected from commercial fishing for 35 years under the deal between 24 countries and the European Union. (Photo by Nicky Wilson/EPA/Royal Navy)
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