The seventh continent
Subtitle: Antarctica in a resource age
By: Deborah Shapley.
Publisher: Resources for the Future; Distributed worldwide by Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; [Baltimore, Md.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Marine resources conservation -- Law and legislation -- Antarctica.; Marine resources conservation -- Antarctica.; Natural resources -- Antarctica.; Antarctica -- International status.
Description: A comprehensive picture of the role of Antarctica in world affairs to-day. Focuses on its colourful, conflict-ridden history, the unique political arrangements that have deterred conflict there for 25 years, its resource potential as seen by experts and interested countries, and the ecological consequences there of developing natural resources, both mineral and biological.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 273-299.
Includes index.