Antarctica - What Everyone Needs to Know (R) (Paperback)

Part of the What Everyone Needs to Know (R) series, David Day's book on Antarctica examines the most forbidding and formidably inaccessible continent on Earth. Antarctica was first discovered by European explorers in 1820, and for over a century following this, countries competed for the frozen land's vast marine resources-namely, the skins and oil of seals and whales. Soon the entire territory played host to competing claims by rival nations. The Antarctic Treaty of 1959 was meant to end this contention, but countries have found other means of extending control over the land, with scientific bases establishing at least symbolic claims. Exploration and drilling by the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Japan, and others has led to discoveries about the world's climate in centuries past-and in the process intimations of its alarming future. Delving into the history of the continent, Antarctic wildlife, arguments over governance, underwater mountain rangers, and the continent's use in predicting coming global change, Day's work sheds new light on a territory that, despite being the coldest, driest, and windiest continent in the world, will continue to be the object of intense speculation and competition.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	What Everyone Needs To Know (R)
Release date:	July 2019
Authors:	David Day (Research Associate)
Dimensions:	209 x 139 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-064131-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Embargos & sanctions Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming Books > History > History of other lands Promotions
LSN:	0-19-064131-2
Barcode:	9780190641313

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