New research from a University of Canterbury PhD candidate has uncovered the presence of microplastics in Antarctic snowfall, shattering the myth that the great southern continent is relatively untouched by humans.
Alex Aves made the discovery after collecting snow samples during a 2019 trip and the findings have just been published in scientific journal The Cryopshere.
Microplastics, pieces of plastic smaller than grains of rice, were even found in samples taken at remote sites away from human occupation.
Alex Aves spoke to Corin Dann.
