The continent of Antarctica is at risk from human activities and other .forces.. . "Environmental management ..needs. to protect the planet's last great wilderness area," .said.. an international team of researchers, .including.. Mahlon Kennicutt, a famous oceanographer. Lately they have .published.. a paper that ..proved. Antarctica faces growing threats from global warming, loss of sea ice and landed ice as well as overfishing in the region. The authors note that if the situation .doesn't change.. we'll see absolutely disastrous results in the near future.