Global warming continues to quietly take its toll, with the Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica possibly the next major victim, as a strip of ice that was 100 km wide in 1950 narrows to just 500 metres at its thinnest point. The flat-topped shelf is thousands of square kilometres in area. Reuters

A cruise ship with 122 on board is being rescued as it takes on water on the Antarctic coast, reports the BBC, but the ship is not in danger of sinking. The nationality of the tourists is not known. Tourist travel to the regin has reportedly increased fivefold in 15 years.