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Environmental activists opposed to fossil fuel exploration want the ports authority to deny a Russian ship en route to Antarctica from docking in SA's waters.
The proposed drilling area is 10,000 km² in extent and is located offshore roughly between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas, about 60km from the coast at its closest point and 170km at its furthest, in water depths between 700m and 3,200m. The proposed drilling area is 10,000 km² in extent and is l.