1.   He measured the distance to the nearest Antarctic coast, and onwards to the South Pole.

2.   Conditions permitting, those planes were to fly from Christchurch to McMurdo Station, along the Antarctic coast, and then on to the Amundsen-Scott station.

3.   It took two hours to cross the ice shelf and reach the Antarctic coast.

4.   Rescuers are currently poised to launch a rescue attempt from McMurdo, a scientific station on the Antarctic coast.

5.   Some of the ships might even have reached the Antarctic coast.

6.   The first warning sign, the experts said, would be the retreat of ice shelves that extend off the Antarctic coast into the ocean.

7.   The first warning sign, the experts say, would be the retreat of ice shelves that extend off the Antarctic coast into the ocean.

8.   Zehnder was spending the Southern Hemisphere winter at Mirnyy Station on the Antarctic coast south of the Indian Ocean in cooperation with the Russian Antarctic research agency.

9.   McMurdo station is on the Antarctic coast, on the Ross Sea, south of New Zealand, the closest nation.

10.   The plane, which will refuel from a tanker above the Antarctic coast, is expected to make the drop seven hours after takeoff.