CHILEAN PRESIDENTE EDUARDO FREI BASE, Antarctica - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the Antarctica on Friday to see firsthand the impact of climate change and the melting of glaciers.
Ban flew from Chile's southernmost city of Punta Arenas to that country's station on the Antarctica, Chilean Air Force President Eduardo Frei base, accompanied by officials and scientists.
From there, he took a 45-minute flight over the region, seeing several glaciers.