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The Antarctic Treaty of 1959
David Day
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Why were the Russians and other claimants suddenly prepared in the late 1950s to reach agreement on the governance of Antarctica?
The onset of the Cold War and the arrival of ...
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Commercial Activity in Postwar Antarctica
David Day
in Antarctica: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Why did postwar whaling peter out so quickly?
The lack of Antarctic whaling activity during World War II allowed whale stocks to begin recovering. But it didn’t take long for ...
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First Contact
David Day
in Antarctica: What Everyone Needs to Know®
How did Antarctica become the desolate, ice-cloaked continent we know today?
Hundreds of millions of years ago, Antarctica was part of a much bigger continent. Dubbed “Gondwana” or ...
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The Future of Antarctica
David Day
in Antarctica: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What agreements are in place for the protection of Antarctic marine life?
There are three agreements that are designed to protect marine life in the seas around Antarctica. The ...
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Global Warming
David Day
in Antarctica: What Everyone Needs to Know®
How vulnerable to climate change are Antarctica’s fauna?
Antarctica’s fauna are very vulnerable to climate change. All we have to do is look at the penguins. With the recent ...
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Imperial Rivalry
David Day
in Antarctica: What Everyone Needs to Know®
How did nations justify their claim to territories they were not occupying?
As the windiest, coldest, and driest continent on the planet, Antarctica poses great challenges for ...
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Overview
David Day
in Antarctica: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Antarctica is the driest, coldest, and windiest continent on Earth. It is also the most inhospitable, being almost totally covered by an ice sheet that is up to 5 kilometers (3 miles) deep. ...
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The Race for Antarctica in the Twentieth Century
David Day
in Antarctica: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What caused a boom in Antarctic whaling in the late nineteenth century?
The 1860s and 1870s saw a decline in whaling when kerosene largely replaced whale oil for heating and ...
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Science and Discovery
David Day
in Antarctica: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What role has science played in the discovery and fate of the Antarctic?
Science was a motivating factor in the dispatch of the earliest expeditions to Antarctica. In the ...
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War on the Ice
David Day
in Antarctica: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Why did Nazi Germany send an expedition to Antarctica?
Although Germany had been involved in Antarctic exploration since the early twentieth century, its expeditions failed to meet ...
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