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dry environment also creates fire risks. Timber buildings are especially vulnerable.

Inadvertent damage or impacts
Emergency interventions; actions to move snow or divert melt water to prevent accumulation under and around buildings; maintenance to address structural deficiencies; and conservation works needed to, for example, reconstruct fittings broken by ice loads, may pose risks to other fabric or the visual integrity of the site.

Risks to cultural heritage objects
Conservation work and the removal of snow and ice from the buildings and structures may also displace cultural heritage objects from their context.
The AAD is not a collections institute and does not have the capacity or resources to properly manage artefacts on a large scale.

Compliance with contemporary building standards
The modifications needed to facilitate the compliance of early buildings with contemporary building standards may have significant and unavoidable adverse impacts on one or more of the buildings' Commonwealth Heritage values.
Some unavoidable actions, for example the removal of interior and exterior asbestos cement sheeting, may compromise the conservation of heritage values and serve only to prolong the obligation to maintain buildings that are better removed because they are no longer fit for purpose and cannot be made fit for other purposes.

Legislated obligations to clean-up sites of past activity
Australian legislation implementing the Madrid Protocol – the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) (Waste Management) Regulations 1994 – includes a requirement to clean up sites of past activity.

7. Management policies

Management policies will uphold the conservation philosophy of this plan, as well as address legislative obligations.

Policy (1) Site management will uphold key conservation principles

(A) Conservation should be undertaken in accordance with accepted guidelines

Work on station buildings with heritage values is to be undertaken with reference to the principles and guidelines of the Burra Charter, the Australia ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Significance and other relevant guidelines.

(B) Decisions should be based on an understanding of the Burra Charter, cultural significance and scientific practice

All management decisions with the potential to affect the heritage values of the place, must be founded on a clear understanding of those values. The heritage impact of decisions should be stated and evaluated as part of the decision-making process. The impact of particular actions should be determined based on the analysis of relevant data.

(C) A cautious approach is required where actions may have adverse heritage impacts

Where management actions or decisions may result in a loss of cultural significance, these actions should only be pursued if there are no alternatives which avoid impacts, and the actions are reversible or, at the very least, involve the minimum amount of change possible.

(D) Heritage structures should be stabilised

Structures retained on