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| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Antarctica Doaa Abdel-Motaal, 2016-09-28 The thawing Antarctic continent offers living space and marine and mineral resources that were previously inaccessible. This book discusses how revisiting the Antarctic Treaty System and dividing up the continent preemptively could spare the world serious conflict. The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements—collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS)—regulate the seventh continent, which is the only continent without a native human population. The main treaty within the ATS came into force in 1961 and suspended all territorial claims in Antarctica. The Antarctic Environmental Protocol followed in 1998 and prohibited any minerals exploitation in the continent. With this prohibition up for review in 2048, this book asks whether the Antarctic Treaty can continue to protect Antarctica. Doaa Abdel-Motaal—an expert on environmental issues who has traveled through the Arctic and Antarctic—explains that the international community must urgently turn its attention to examining how to divide up the thawing continent in a peaceful manner. She discusses why the Antarctic Treaty is unlikely to be an adequate measure in the face of international competition for invaluable resources in the 21st century. She argues that factors such as global warming, the growth in climate refugees that the world is about to witness, and the increasingly critical quest for energy resources will make the Antarctic continent a highly sought-after objective. Readers will come to appreciate that what has likely protected Antarctica so far was not the Antarctic Treaty but the continent's harsh climate and isolation. With Antarctica potentially becoming habitable only a few decades from now, revisiting the Antarctic Treaty in favor of an orderly division of the continent is likely to be the best plan for avoiding costly conflict. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Antarctica Doaa Abdel-Motaal, 2016-09-28 The thawing Antarctic continent offers living space and marine and mineral resources that were previously inaccessible. This book discusses how revisiting the Antarctic Treaty System and dividing up the continent preemptively could spare the world serious conflict. The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements—collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS)—regulate the seventh continent, which is the only continent without a native human population. The main treaty within the ATS came into force in 1961 and suspended all territorial claims in Antarctica. The Antarctic Environmental Protocol followed in 1998 and prohibited any minerals exploitation in the continent. With this prohibition up for review in 2048, this book asks whether the Antarctic Treaty can continue to protect Antarctica. Doaa Abdel-Motaal—an expert on environmental issues who has traveled through the Arctic and Antarctic—explains that the international community must urgently turn its attention to examining how to divide up the thawing continent in a peaceful manner. She discusses why the Antarctic Treaty is unlikely to be an adequate measure in the face of international competition for invaluable resources in the 21st century. She argues that factors such as global warming, the growth in climate refugees that the world is about to witness, and the increasingly critical quest for energy resources will make the Antarctic continent a highly sought-after objective. Readers will come to appreciate that what has likely protected Antarctica so far was not the Antarctic Treaty but the continent's harsh climate and isolation. With Antarctica potentially becoming habitable only a few decades from now, revisiting the Antarctic Treaty in favor of an orderly division of the continent is likely to be the best plan for avoiding costly conflict. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Who Saved Antarctica? Andrew Jackson, 2021-10-04 This book provides a diplomatic history of a turning point in Antarctic governance: the 1991 adoption of comprehensive environmental protection obligations for an entire continent, which prohibited mining. Solving the mining issue became a symbol of finding diplomatic consensus. The book combines historiographic concepts of contingency, conjuncture and accidental events with theories of structural, entrepreneurial and intellectual leadership. Drawing on archival documents, it shows that Antarctic governance is more adaptive than some imagine, and policy success depends on the interplay of normative practices, serendipitous events, public engagement and influential players able to exploit those circumstances. Ultimately, the events revealed in this book show that the protection of the Antarctic Treaty itself remains as important as protecting the Antarctic environment. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: The Future of Antarctica Jeffrey McGee, David Edmiston, Marcus Haward, 2021-12-03 As global great power competition intensifies, there is growing concern about the geopolitical future of Antarctica. This book delves into the question of how can we anticipate, prepare for, and potentially even shape that future? Now in its 60th year, the Antarctic Treaty System has been comparatively resilient and successful in governing the Antarctic region. This book assesses how our ability to make accurate predictions about the future of the Antarctic Treaty System reduces rapidly in the face of political and biophysical complexity, uncertainty, and the passage of time. This poses a critical risk for organisations making long-range decisions about their policy, strategy, and investments in the frozen south. Scenarios are useful planning tools for considering futures beyond the limits of standard prediction. This book explores how a multi-disciplinary focus of classical geopolitics might be applied systematically to create scenarios on Antarctic futures that are plausible, rigorous, and robust. This book illustrates a pragmatic, nine-step scenario development process, using the topical issue of military activities in Antarctica. Along the way, the authors make suggestions to augment current theory and practice of geopolitical scenario planning. In doing so, this book seeks to rediscover the importance of a classical (primarily state-centric) lens on Antarctic geopolitics, which in recent decades has been overshadowed by more critical perspectives. This book is written for anyone with an interest in the rigorous assessment of geopolitical futures - in Antarctica and beyond. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Sharing Territories Cara Nine, 2022-03-24 In Sharing Territories, Cara Nine defends a river model of territorial rights. On a river model, groups are assumed to be interdependent and overlapping. If we imagine human settlements and territorial rights as established in river catchment areas-not on lands with walls and borders-the primary features of group life are not independence and distinctness. Drawing on natural law philosophy, Nine's theory argues for the establishment of foundational territories around geographical areas like rivers. Usually lower-scale political entities, foundational territories overlap with and serve as the grounding blocks of larger territorial units. Examples of foundational territories include not only river catchment areas but also urban areas, drawn around individuals who hold obligations to collectively manage their surroundings. Foundational territorial authorities manage spatially integrated areas where agents are interconnected by dense and scaffolded physical circumstances. In these areas, individuals cannot fulfil their natural obligations to each other without the help of collective rules. As foundational territories overlap the territories of other political units, Nine frames a theory of nested and shared territorial rights, and argues for insightful changes to the allocation of resource rights between political groups and individuals. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Handbook on the Politics of Antarctica Klaus Dodds, Alan D. Hemmings, Peder Roberts, 2017-01-27 The Antarctic and Southern Ocean are hotspots for contemporary endeavours to oversee 'the last frontier' of the Earth. The Handbook on the Politics of Antarctica offers a wide-ranging and comprehensive overview of the governance, geopolitics, international law, cultural studies and history of the region. Four thematic sections take readers from the earliest human encounters to contemporary resource exploitation and climate change. Written by leading experts, the Handbook brings together the very best interdisciplinary social science and humanities scholarship on the Antarctic and Southern Ocean. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: The Seventh Continent Deborah Shapley, 2013-11-26 First Published in 2011. Part of the resources for the future library collection on Global Environment and Development, this is the final Volume of seven. This book presents a broad-ranging study of Antarctica's history, politics, and development prospects with a command of issues in geography, science policy, technology, and international law, which is addressed with authority and flair. At this time, nations of the world are struggling to fashion a legal framework to govern Antarctic resources, which some regard as the common heritage of mankind. This debate, described vividly here, represents an ongoing application of the common-property resource concept, which has played a prominent role in RFF's research and analytical contributions during the past quarter-century. Furthermore, the continent's energy and minerals endowment-if exploitable at all (and in the author's judgment the prospects for this are dim)-constitute at best resources for the future. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: International Organizations and Research Methods Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber, Lucile Maertens, 2023-08-24 Scholars have studied international organizations (IOs) in many disciplines, thus generating important theoretical developments. Yet a proper assessment and a broad discussion of the methods used to research these organizations are lacking. Which methods are being used to study IOs and in what ways? Do we need a specific methodology applied to the case of IOs? What are the concrete methodological challenges when doing research on IOs? International Organizations and Research Methods: An Introduction compiles an inventory of the methods developed in the study of IOs under the five headings of Observing, Interviewing, Documenting, Measuring, and Combining. It does not reconcile diverging views on the purpose and meaning of IO scholarship, but creates a space for scholars and students embedded in different academic traditions to reflect on methodological choices and the way they impact knowledge production on IOs. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Political Handbook of the World 2022-2023 Tom Lansford, 2023-06-27 The Political Handbook of the World 2022-2023 provides timely, thorough, and accurate political information, with more in-depth coverage of current political controversies than any other reference guide. The updated 2022-2023 edition continues to be the most authoritative source for finding complete facts and analysis on each country′s governmental and political makeup. Tom Lansford has compiled in one place more than 200 entries on countries and territories throughout the world, this volume is renowned for its extensive coverage of all major and minor political parties and groups in each political system. It also provides names of key ambassadors and international memberships of each country, plus detailed profiles of more than 30 intergovernmental organizations and UN agencies. And this update will aim to include coverage of current events, issues, crises, and controversies from the course of the last two years. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019 Tom Lansford, 2019-03-19 The Political Handbook of the World provides timely, thorough, and accurate political information, with more in-depth coverage of current political controversies than any other reference guide. The updated 2018-2019 edition will continue to be the most authoritative source for finding complete facts and analysis on each country’s governmental and political makeup. Compiling in one place more than 200 entries on countries and territories throughout the world, this volume is renowned for its extensive coverage of all major and minor political parties and groups in each political system. It also provides names of key ambassadors and international memberships of each country, plus detailed profiles of more than 30 intergovernmental organizations and UN agencies. This comprehensive update will include coverage of current events, issues, crises, and controversies from the course of the last two years, including: Elections across Europe Referendum in Ireland Rohingya genocide in Myanmar The Venezuelan dictatorship The renaming of Swaziland to eSwatini Qatar diplomacy changes Historic meeting between the United States and North Korea Establishment of a new governing coalition in Liberia |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Ambiguous Territory Cathryn Dwyre, Chris Perry, David Salomon, Kathy Velikov, 2022-01-26 The writers and designers in this collection are among the most thoughtful architects, artists, landscape architects, and theorists working today. The editors organized these essays and works of art and design around three territories: the atmospheric, the biologic, and the geologic. Each cluster of essays is further framed by forewords and afterwords, which draw individual points of view into a larger articulation of what an ambiguous territory might be and how it operates. Ambiguous Territory emerged from a symposium and exhibition held at the University of Michigan in the fall of 2017, and exhibitions at the University of Virginia and Pratt Manhattan Gallery in 2018, and at Ithaca College in 2019. The conversations that arise in this book are inquisitive and critically engaged. They pressure assumptions we routinely make about what constitutes meaningful and principled perspectives in architecture, landscape architecture, and art. Both the texts and the work take on some of the trickiest issues of our time. -- Excerpt from a foreword to the book by Catherine Ingraham Professor, Graduate Architecture and Urban Design, Pratt Institute The works in Ambiguous Territory exist in a creative space, in the moody realm of possibilities. It’s a sphere of design in which solutions (or lack thereof) have yet to settle. That should be a familiar feeling for all creative people, whose daily life may include exploring a way out of a problem without being able to nail down an exact answer. This volume belongs in that territory of ambiguity and curiosity, a place where there is room for musings, laughter, and despair. The projects convey, in different ways, a hope for a better future, but also a sense of not knowing if that future is at all possible. -- Excerpt from an afterword to the book by Peder Anker Professor, the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University With Contributions of Ellie Abrons, Paula Gaetano Adi, amid.cero9, Amy Balkin, Philip Beesley, Ursula Biemann, The Bittertang Farm, Edward Burtynsky, Bradley Cantrell, Gustavo Crembil, Brian Davis, Design Earth, Mark Dion, Formlessfinder, Lindsey french, Adam Fure, Futureforms, Michael Geffel, Rania Ghosn, David Gissen, El Hadi Jazairy, Harrison Atelier, Cornelia Hesse-Honegger, Lisa Hirmer, Catherine Ingraham, Lydia Kallipoliti, Perry Kulper, Sean Lally, Landing Studio, Lateral Office, LCLA, Mark Lindquist, LiquidFactory, Ariane Lourie-Harrison, Meredith Miller, Thom Moran, Ricardo de Ostos, NaJa & deOstos, Nemestudio, Mark Nystrom, OMG / O’Donnell Miller Group, The Open Workshop, Ricardo de Ostos, oOR / Office of Outdoor Research, Jennifer Peeples, pneumastudio, Alessandra Ponte, Office for Political Innovation, Rachele Riley, RVTR, Smout Allen, smudge studio, Neil Spiller, Terreform ONE, Andreas Theodoridis, Unknown Fields, Liam Young, Marina Zurkow |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Political Handbook of the World 2024-2025 Tom Lansford, 2025-04-18 The Political Handbook of the World 2024–2025 is the most authoritative and comprehensive reference guide available for understanding the political landscape of every nation and territory across the globe. This updated edition features more than 200 entries, offering detailed coverage of governmental structures, political parties, and current leadership. Known for its unmatched depth, the volume provides in-depth analysis of both major and minor political parties and movements, and delivers timely insights into recent controversies, political crises, and key events from the past two years. This edition also includes up-to-date listings of ambassadors, international organization memberships, and expanded profiles of over 30 intergovernmental organizations and UN agencies. Trusted by researchers, analysts, journalists, and students, this resource continues to deliver essential, reliable political data and analysis. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: How to Take Over the World Ryan North, 2022-03-15 NAMED A BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE “Comic book fans will fall hard for this delightfully daffy guidebook. . . . Exuberant, optimistic, and just plain fun, How to Take Over the World will both surprise and delight.” —Esquire A book this informative should be a crime! Taking over the world is a lot of work. Any supervillain is bound to have questions: What’s the perfect location for a floating secret base? What zany heist will fund my wildly ambitious plans? How do I control the weather, destroy the internet, and never, ever die? Bestselling author and award-winning comics writer Ryan North has the answers. In this introduction to the science of comic-book supervillainy, he details a number of outlandish villainous schemes that harness the potential of today’s most advanced technologies. Picking up where How to Invent Everything left off, his explanations are as fun and elucidating as they are completely absurd. You don’t have to be a criminal mastermind to share a supervillain’s interest in cutting-edge science and technology. This book doesn’t just reveal how to take over the world—it also shows how you could save it. This sly guide to some of the greatest threats facing humanity accessibly explores emerging techniques to extend human life spans, combat cyberterrorism, communicate across millennia, and finally make Jurassic Park a reality. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Handbook on Geopolitics and Security in the Arctic Joachim Weber, 2020-06-25 Against the backdrop of climate change and tectonic political shifts in world politics, this handbook provides an overview of the most crucial geopolitical and security related issues in the Arctic. It discusses established shareholder's policies in the Arctic – those of Russia, Canada, the USA, Denmark, and Norway – as well as the politics and interests of other significant or future stakeholders, including China and India. Furthermore, it explains the economic situation and the legal framework that governs the Arctic, and the claims that Arctic states have made in order to expand their territories and exclusive economic zones. While illustrating the collaborative approach, represented by institutions such as the Arctic council, which has often been described as an exceptional institution in this region, the contributing authors examine potential resource and power conflicts between Arctic nations, due to competing interests. The authors also address topics such as changing alliances between Arctic nations, new sea lines of communication, technological shifts, and eventually the return to power politics in the area. Written by experts on international security studies and the Arctic, as well as practitioners from government institutions and international organizations, the book provides an invaluable source of information for anyone interested in geopolitical shifts and security issues in the High North. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: A City on Mars Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith, 2023-11-07 * THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Hugo Award * Scientific American’s #1 Book for 2023 * Winner of Royal Society's Trivedi Prize * A Guardian Best Book of 2024 * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A Times Best Science and Environment Book of 2023 * A Tor.com Best Book of 2023 * “Exceptional. . . Forceful, engaging and funny . . . This book will make you happy to live on this planet — a good thing, because you’re not leaving anytime soon.” —New York Times Book Review From the bestselling authors of Soonish, a brilliant and hilarious off-world investigation into space settlement Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no war, no Twitter—beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? Critically acclaimed, bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith set out to write the essential guide to a glorious future of space settlements, but after years of research, they aren’t so sure it’s a good idea. Space technologies and space business are progressing fast, but we lack the knowledge needed to have space kids, build space farms, and create space nations in a way that doesn’t spark conflict back home. In a world hurtling toward human expansion into space, A City on Mars investigates whether the dream of new worlds won’t create nightmares, both for settlers and the people they leave behind. In the process, the Weinersmiths answer every question about space you’ve ever wondered about, and many you’ve never considered: Can you make babies in space? Should corporations govern space settlements? What about space war? Are we headed for a housing crisis on the Moon’s Peaks of Eternal Light—and what happens if you’re left in the Craters of Eternal Darkness? Why do astronauts love taco sauce? Speaking of meals, what’s the legal status of space cannibalism? With deep expertise, a winning sense of humor, and art from the beloved creator of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, the Weinersmiths investigate perhaps the biggest questions humanity will ever ask itself—whether and how to become multiplanetary. Get in, we’re going to Mars. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Above the sky: Starting from an ancient ring Gabriel Daniels, 2002-07-21 Zhou Tianyun learned from Li Ruhuo's memory how to use supernatural power to accelerate, and apply the supernatural power to his feet, which allows him to run faster. This speed has already exceeded that of ordinary high-level warriors. This is the difference between supernatural power and fighting spirit. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Insights Into International Higher Education Leadership and the Skills Gap Kayyali, Mustafa, Christiansen, Bryan, 2024-10-09 In the realm of higher education, the widening gap between academic curricula and the evolving demands of the global workforce is becoming an impending problem. Traditional educational models, while effective in imparting foundational knowledge, often struggle to equip students with the practical skills and competencies needed to succeed in today's rapidly changing job market. This disconnect between academia and industry expectations poses a significant obstacle for students and institutions alike, hindering their ability to adapt and thrive in an increasingly competitive landscape. Insights Into International Higher Education Leadership and the Skills Gap is a groundbreaking volume that offers a comprehensive solution to this pressing dilemma. Edited by Mustafa Kayyali and Bryan Christiansen, this book serves as a beacon for academic scholars seeking to bridge the divide between higher education leadership and the skills demanded by the modern workplace. Through a multifaceted exploration of visionary leadership, curriculum adaptation, and innovative teaching methodologies, this publication provides actionable insights and practical strategies for addressing the skills gap effectively. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Hunting the Northern Character Tony Penikett, 2017-11-15 Canadian politicians, like many of their circumpolar counterparts, brag about their country’s “Arctic identity” or “northern character,” but what do they mean, exactly? Stereotypes abound, from Dudley Do-Right to Northern Exposure, but these southern perspectives fail to capture northern realities. In this passionate, deeply personal account of modern developments in the Canadian North, Tony Penikett corrects confused and outdated notions of a region he became fascinated with as a child and for many years called home. During decades of service as a legislator, mediator, and negotiator, Penikett bore witness to the advent of a new northern consciousness. Out of sight of New Yorkers, and far from the minds of Copenhagen’s citizens, Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders came together to forge new Arctic realities as they dealt with the challenges of the Cold War, climate change, land rights struggles, and the boom and bust of resource megaprojects. This lively account of their clashes and accommodations not only retraces the footsteps of Penikett’s personal hunt for a northern identity but also tells the story of an Arctic that the world does not yet know. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021 Tom Lansford, 2021-05-31 The Political Handbook of the World by Tom Lansford provides timely, thorough, and accurate political information, with more in-depth coverage of current political controversies than any other reference guide. The updated 2020-2021 edition will continue to be the most authoritative source for finding complete facts and analysis on each country′s governmental and political makeup. Compiling in one place more than 200 entries on countries and territories throughout the world, this volume is renowned for its extensive coverage of all major and minor political parties and groups in each political system. The Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021 also provides names of key ambassadors and international memberships of each country, plus detailed profiles of more than 30 intergovernmental organizations and UN agencies. And this update will aim to include coverage of current events, issues, crises, and controversies from the course of the last two years. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Antarctica Jagadish Khadilkar, 2017-07-31 The author spent one and half years as head of the country's first research station in Antarctica, Dakshin Gangotri. He discusses in details the frozen continent's unique environmental aspects, the international presence, world governance and the Indian Antarctic Programme (IAP). The book throws light on how perspectives and positions of leading countries represented in Antarctica, such as the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, US, Russia, China, Japan, Norway, South Africa and India have shaped over the years. Their strategic interests, including those in the Arctic, provide for an interesting kaleidoscope of factors with the potential for various global scenarios in the coming years. The world will be surely and anxiously watching the developments in Antarctica in future. According to the widely accepted geological theory of plate tectonics, the Indian subcontinent was once a part of the supercontinent Gondwana, so named after one of the tribes of central India, along with Antarctica, Africa, Australia and South America. However, the general awareness about the continent in India is very poor. The book in details traces the history of India's involvement in Antarctica, its three permanent stations conducting valuable scientific research and efforts to make a presence among other nations in the continent. It points out the country's total dependence on all its logistics needs by outsourcing which may prove to be detrimental to its influence and interests. It would be interesting to see how India reacts to the positions of other nations in the changing global kaleidoscope and how it will gear itself, to establish a truly influential Antarctic presence for safeguarding its own strategic interests. India may do well to lay down a polar doctrine at the earliest. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: The Making of International Environmental Treaties Gerry Nagtzaam, 2009 Gerry Nagtzaam contends that in recent decades neoliberal institutionalist scholarship on global environmental regimes has burgeoned, as has constructivist scholarship on the key role played by norms in international politics. In this innovative volume, the author sets these interest- and norm-based approaches against each other in order to test their ability to illustrate why and how different environmental norms take hold in some regimes and not others. The book explores why some global environmental treaties seek to preserve and protect some parts of nature from human utilization, some seek to conserve certain parts of nature for human development, whilst others allow the reckless exploitation of nature without accounting for the consequences. It tracks the fate of these three underlying environmental norms preservation, conservation and exploitation using case studies on whaling, mining in Antarctica and tropical timber. The book illustrates how international political battles to shape environmental regimes inevitably result in clashes between these competing environmental norms. This unique study will prove a fascinating read for both academics and practitioners in the fields of international environmental politics and international environmental law. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Territorien und Grenzen in der Kunst David Kaller, 2020-09-03 Die Grenzen in der Kunst: David Kaller widmet sich Territorien und Grenzen als Gegenstand in der zeitgenössischen Kunst. Er analysiert eine Auswahl an Werken, die sich auf unterschiedliche Phänomene territorialer Ordnungen beziehen. Diese reichen von Karten, Grenzen, Weltmeeren, Territorialkonflikten um Inselgruppen bis hin zur Bedeutung militärischer Drohnen für die Wahrnehmung territorialer Ordnungen. Die Perspektive richtet sich dabei immer auf zwei Ebenen: Welchen Begriff des Territoriums im Sinne eines raumpolitischen Machtgefüges führen die Werke vor? Und wie werden für den Betrachter territoriale Ordnungen in eine ästhetische Sichtbarkeit überführt? |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Frozen Empires Adrian Howkins, 2016-11-01 Perpetually covered in ice and snow, the mountainous Antarctic Peninsula stretches southwardd towards the South Pole where it merges with the largest and coldest mass of ice anywhere on the planet. Yet far from being an otherworldly Pole Apart, the region has the most contested political history of any part of the Antarctic Continent. Since the start of the twentieth century, Argentina, Britain, and Chile have made overlapping sovereignty claims, while the United States and Russia have reserved rights to the entire continent. The environment has been at the heart of these disputes over sovereignty, placing the Antarctic Peninsula at a fascinating intersection between diplomatic history and environmental history. In Frozen Empires, Adrian Howkins argues that there has been a fundamental continuity in the ways in which imperial powers have used the environment to support their political claims in the Antarctic Peninsula region. British officials argued that the production of useful scientific knowledge about the Antarctic helped to justify British ownership. Argentina and Chile made the case that the Antarctic Peninsula belonged to them as a result of geographical proximity, geological continuity, and a general sense of connection. Despite various challenges and claims, however, there has never been a genuine decolonization of the Antarctic Peninsula region. Instead, imperial assertions that respective entities were conducting science for the good of humanity were reformulated through the terms of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, and Antarctica's frozen empires remain in place to this day. In arguing for imperial continuity in the region, Howkins counters the official historical narrative of Antarctica, which rests on a dichotomy between bad sovereignty claims and good scientific research. Frozen Empires instead suggests that science, politics, and the environment have been inextricably connected throughout the history of the Antarctic Peninsula region--and remain so--and shows how political prestige in the guise of conducting science for the good of humanity continues to influence international climate negotiations. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Una città su Marte Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith, 2025-03-25 La Terra non sta bene. La prospettiva di ricominciare la vita da qualche parte molto, molto lontano pare la soluzione. O no? Dopo anni di ricerche, Kelly e Zach Weinersmith non sono sicuri che sia una buona idea. Le tecnologie e le attività spaziali stanno progredendo, ma non sappiamo come avere bambini spaziali, costruire fattorie spaziali e creare nazioni spaziali senza gli stessi conflitti del nostro pianeta. Mentre sembriamo lanciati verso l'infinito e oltre, il bestseller internazionale Una città su Marte mette in guardia dal trasformare il sogno di nuovi mondi nel peggiore degli incubi. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Miasto na Marsie. Czy możemy skolonizować kosmos, czy powinniśmy to robić i czy naprawdę mamy to dobrze przemyślane? Zach Weinersmith, Kelly Weinersmith, 2025-06-04 Zdobywczyni HUGO 2024 i wielu innych nagród Druga najchętniej wybierana na prezent książka w układzie słonecznym NIEZIEMSKA i zabawna opowieść o perspektywach kosmicznego osadnictwa – spod pióra autorów bestsellera JAKOŚ WKRÓTCE – ze świetnymi ilustracjami Zacha Weinersmitha * Czy można rozmnażać się na Marsie? • Czy lepiej żyć tam niż na Ziemi po wojnie nuklearnej? • A co z wojną w kosmosie? • Czy czeka nas kryzys mieszkaniowy na księżycowych Szczytach Wiecznego Światła? • Kto nam przyjdzie z pomocą, jeśli utkniemy w Kraterach Wiecznej Ciemności? • Dlaczego astronauci uwielbiają sos taco? • A skoro już o jedzeniu mowa – jaki właściwie jest status prawny kosmicznego kanibalizmu? Jeśli chcesz poznać odpowiedzi na te i wiele więcej intrygujących pytań, koniecznie przeczytaj tę fascynującą książkę! * Z Ziemią nie jest zbyt dobrze. Dlatego perspektywa rozpoczęcia wszystkiego od zera na jakiejś innej odległej planecie – gdzie nie ma katastrofy klimatycznej, wojen, X-a ani innych mediów społecznościowych – wydaje się coraz bardziej kusząca. Szczególnie, że ponoć nie jest to już aż tak niemożliwe. Czy aby na pewno? Kelly i Zach Weinersmithowie napisali niesamowitą książkę o – wydawać by się mogło – świetlanej przyszłości kolonizacji kosmosu. Szkopuł w tym, że po latach rzetelnego researchu i tysiącach godzin wywiadów z czołowymi astrofizykami, inżynierami i ekspertami z zakresu eksploracji kosmosu wcale już nie są tacy pewni, czy kosmiczne osadnictwo to rzeczywiście dobry pomysł. Kosmiczna technologia i biznes przeżywają gwałtowny rozwój, ale wciąż nie dysponujemy pełną wiedzą o tym, czy w kosmosie można począć dziecko, jak budować kosmiczne osady i czy da się stworzyć państwa w kosmosie tak, by nie wywołać wojny na Ziemi. Mimo to ludzkość wydaje się przeć ku kosmicznej ekspansji… Miasto na Marsie studzi te zapały, dowodząc, że marzenie o nowych światach może okazać się istnym koszmarem: zarówno dla osadników, jak i tych, którzy pozostaną na Ziemi. Z błyskotliwym poczuciem humoru i korzystając ze swojej dogłębnej znajomości tematu, autorzy próbują odpowiedzieć na jedno z najdonioślejszych pytań ludzkości: jak – i czy w ogóle warto – stać się gatunkiem multiplanetarnym? WSIADAJCIE, LECIMY NA MARSA! * Naukowa, kształcąca, i zabawna jak diabli. Andy Weir, autor Marsjanina To może być najlepsza książka, jaką kiedykolwiek napisano o ludziach w kosmosie… a przynajmniej najzabawniejsza! Nie znam niczego podobnego: takiej obszernej komicznej konfrontacji marzeń o kosmicznych koloniach z obrzydliwą, niebezpieczną i nudną kosmiczną rzeczywistością. Przeczytajcie, zanim się wybierzecie. Scott Aaronson, Uniwersytet Teksański w Austin Wyjątkowa. Mocna, pasjonująca i przezabawna. Lektura obowiązkowa dla każdego, kto kiedykolwiek szukał swojego domu na nocnym niebie. Będziesz szczęśliwy, że żyjesz na Ziemi. „New York Times Book Review” Nie ma bardziej wciągającego, zabawnego i całościowego sposobu na zrozumienie ogromnego wyzwania, jakim jest przyszłość ludzkości poza Ziemią, niż książka Miasto na Marsie. Śmiałem się przez całą lekturę. Hank Green, autor bestsellerów, gospodarz programu SciShow Ludzie, posłuchajcie. Jak robić kupę w kosmosie – to będzie najmniejsze z naszych zmartwień. Przeczytacie tu o wyzwaniach, o których większość entuzjastów kosmosu, w tym ja, nawet nie pomyślała: nie tylko technologicznych, ale także prawnych, etycznych i geopolitycznych. Pomimo dogłębnego researchu i imponująco specjalistycznych detali, książka jest jasna, żywa i zabawna. Świetna robota, Weinersmithowie! Mary Roach, autorka popularnonaukowych bestsellerów. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Die Arktis – Der ökonomische Griff nach dem achten Weltmeer Heinz Merz, Das Eis in der Arktis schmilzt. Dies ist ein unbestrittener Fakt. Seitdem die wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungsberichte über das akute Schmelzen des Polareises der Arktis und des Gletscherschwunds in Grönland in den öffentlichen Medien Verbreitung finden, wird auch über den dadurch möglichen Abbau von Bodenschätzen und das Befahren der Schifffahrtsstraßen der Nordost- und Nordwestpassage durch die Arktis diskutiert. Der Autor analysiert die ökonomischen Begehrlichkeiten der Arktis aus dem Blickwinkel eines nautischen Seemanns und aus der Sicht einer Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse eines Ökonomen. Im Vordergrund stehen die Nordost- und Nordwestpassage und der Abbau des mineralischen Reichtums, insbesondere die Exploration und Förderung der arktischen Erdöl- und Gasreserven. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Military Review , 1954 |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Professional Journal of the United States Army , 1954 |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Newsletter , 1970 |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Mershon Center Quarterly Report , 1982 |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Quarterly Review of Military Literature , 1955 |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Review of Current Military Literature , 1954-04 |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Как захватить Вселенную. Подчини мир своим интересам. Практическое руководство для вдохновленных суперзлодеев Райан Норт, 2023-05-12 Завоевание мира – это большая работа. У любого суперзлодея есть куча вопросов: как обустроить идеальное место для секретной базы? Как спланировать и реализовать ограбление века? Как управлять погодой и жить вечно? У автора бестселлера «Как изобрести все», популярного писателя Райана Норта есть ответы на все вопросы, волнующие начинающего злодея. В своем увлекательном пособии он подробно описывает диковинные схемы с использованием передовых технологий, дает забавные и иногда совершенно абсурдные советы по завоеванию мира, так что интересное времяпрепровождение вам обеспечено.В формате a4.pdf сохранен издательский макет. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: The Seventh Continent Helen Saunders Wright, 1918 Covers period 1500 to 1918. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Moments of Terror David Burke, 1994 |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Voyage to the End of the World David Burke, 2005 Describes Burke's attempt, in a Russian icebreaker, to sail farther south than any previous voyage; interspersed with words of early explorers and contemporary and historical photographs. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: The Marine Corps Gazette , 1948 |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: Yahweh Rhoan Flowers, 2011-12-30 After Lucifer The Devil was cast from Heaven to live amongst the humans on Earth, he began preparing for the day of Gods return. The Devil built his church and seduced and persuaded his newfound congregation to worship him over the Lord, with promises of wealth and fame beyond their wildest dreams. Lucifer used his Illuminati worshipers to construct weapons of mass destruction and build a vast army of warriors in anticipation of the inevitable battle against Heavens Universal Army. The Illuminati infiltrated governmental agencies throughout the world and positioned their weapons in the most strategic locations from the highest peaks of the Himalayas to the frozen tundra of Antarctica. The human worshipers of Satan, however, soon discover that their allegiance of Gods adversary is misguided and that his promises cannot be fulfilled since the Lords power is infinite and he is returning to vindicate the Earth from the evil that Lucifer had unleashed. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: The Greenpeace Book of Antarctica John May, 1989 Includes material on the Antarctic Treaty. |
| antarctica the battle for the seventh continent: At the Ends of the Earth Kieran Mulvaney, 2001 In vivid and engaging prose, Mulvaney presents the fascinating story of human interactions with the Arctic and Antarctic from prehistory through centuries of European exploration to more recent issues involving Cold War politics, oil and gas drilling, tourism, and global warming. Maps. |
Antarctica - Wikipedia
Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth …
Antarctica | History, Map, Climate, & Facts | Britannica
6 days ago · Antarctica, the world’s southernmost continent, is almost wholly covered by an ice sheet and is about 5.5 million square miles (14.2 million square km) in size. It is divided into …
NASA satellites show Antarctica has gained ice despite rising …
May 13, 2025 · An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is a temporary anomaly rather than an indication …
Frequently Asked Questions About Antarctica - NASA
Aug 9, 2023 · Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent on Earth. It is almost completely covered in ice. Antarctica covers the Earth’s South Pole. What Is Antarctica Like? Antarctica is the coldest …
Antarctica - Education | National Geographic Society
Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent in terms of total area. (It is larger than both Oceania and Europe.) Antarctica is a unique continent in that it does not have a native human population. …
Antarctica - The World Factbook
Jun 10, 2025 · Visit the Definitions and Notes page to view a description of each topic.
Antarctica - New World Encyclopedia
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, overlying the South Pole. Situated in the southern hemisphere and largely south of the Antarctic Circle, Antarctica is surrounded by the Southern …
What Is Antarctica? A Desert, Country, Continent...?
Jan 12, 2024 · Antarctica is the fifth-largest, highest-standing, and southernmost continent on Earth. With an average elevation of 7,546 feet (2,300 meters) and dominating the southern …
Physicists can't explain mysterious radio wave emissions in Antarctica …
7 hours ago · The unusual radio pulses were detected by the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment, a range of instruments flown on balloons high above Antarctica …
Antarctica - Encyclopedia.com
Jun 11, 2018 · Antarctica (ăntärk´tĬkə, –är´tĬkə), the fifth largest continent, c.5,500,000 sq mi (14,245,000 sq km), asymmetrically centered on the South Pole [1] and almost entirely within …
Antarctica - Wikipedia
Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth …
Antarctica | History, Map, Climate, & Facts | Britannica
6 days ago · Antarctica, the world’s southernmost continent, is almost wholly covered by an ice sheet and is about 5.5 million square miles (14.2 million square km) in size. It is divided into …
NASA satellites show Antarctica has gained ice despite rising …
May 13, 2025 · An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is a temporary anomaly rather than an indication …
Frequently Asked Questions About Antarctica - NASA
Aug 9, 2023 · Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent on Earth. It is almost completely covered in ice. Antarctica covers the Earth’s South Pole. What Is Antarctica Like? Antarctica is the …
Antarctica - Education | National Geographic Society
Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent in terms of total area. (It is larger than both Oceania and Europe.) Antarctica is a unique continent in that it does not have a native human population. …
Antarctica - The World Factbook
Jun 10, 2025 · Visit the Definitions and Notes page to view a description of each topic.
Antarctica - New World Encyclopedia
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, overlying the South Pole. Situated in the southern hemisphere and largely south of the Antarctic Circle, Antarctica is surrounded by the Southern …
What Is Antarctica? A Desert, Country, Continent...?
Jan 12, 2024 · Antarctica is the fifth-largest, highest-standing, and southernmost continent on Earth. With an average elevation of 7,546 feet (2,300 meters) and dominating the southern …
Physicists can't explain mysterious radio wave emissions in Antarctica ...
7 hours ago · The unusual radio pulses were detected by the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment, a range of instruments flown on balloons high above Antarctica …
Antarctica - Encyclopedia.com
Jun 11, 2018 · Antarctica (ăntärk´tĬkə, –är´tĬkə), the fifth largest continent, c.5,500,000 sq mi (14,245,000 sq km), asymmetrically centered on the South Pole [1] and almost entirely within …
