For years the US has been the best funded player in the Antarctic.
Now their budget is being slashed in half; made to remove climate change references from work.
Former US Secretary of State John Kerry has told ITV News he is "very sad for humanity" following the Trump administration’s sweeping climate cuts.
ITV News Science Correspondent Martin Stew is the only journalist on board the British research ship the RRS Sir David Attenborough, as it takes part in an expedition deep within the Antarctic Circle.
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