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A Very Short Introduction
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The Antarctic: A Very Short Introduction
Klaus Dodds
160 pages
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10 black and white hafltones
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174x111mm
978-0-19-969768-7
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Paperback
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26 July 2012
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- Explores the scientific, historical, cultural, and political significance of one of the world's most remote regions, providing the background to the physical geography of the continent
- Considers the challenges and pressures posed by a variety of issues, including tourism, fishing, science, environmental protection, and territorial sovreignty
- Highlights the exploratory and scientific achievements of the region
- Considers the issues surrounding borders and territories, including the Antarctic Treaty System
- Looks at the cultural significance of the continent
- Part of the best-selling Very Short Introductions series - over five milllion copies sold worldwide
The Antarctic is one the most hostile natural environments in the world. It is an extraordinary physical space, which changes significantly in shape and size with the passing of the seasons. Politically, it is unique as it contains one of the few areas of continental space not claimed by any nation-state. Scientifically, the continental ice sheet has provided us with vital evidence about the Earth's past climate.
In this Very Short Introduction, Klaus Dodds provides a modern account of Antarctica, highlighting the main issues facing the continent today. Looking at how the Antarctic has been
explored and represented in the last hundred years, Dodds considers the main exploratory and scientific achievements of the region. He explains how processes such as globalization mean that the Antarctic is increasingly involved in a wider circuit of ideas, goods, people, trade, and governance - all of which have an impact on the future of the region.Readership: Students on courses which include study of the Polar Regions: environmental studies, geography, law, international politics.
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Klaus Dodds, Royal Holloway, University of London Klaus Dodds is Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London and a Visiting Fellow at St Cross College, University of Oxford. He is editor of The Geographical Journal and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is the author and editor of a number of books including the Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2007). He was a visiting fellow at Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury and has worked with national and international polar organizations including British Antarctic Survey, Antarctica New Zealand, International Polar Foundation, and the Australian Antarctic Division. He has visited the Antarctic on four
occasions including sub-Antarctic islands such as South Georgia and South Orkneys.
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"The book's focus is very good and I think that many of my colleagues could benefit from reading it. On that basis, I would recommend it." - Mark Brandon, Geographical
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Acknowledgements
1: Defining the Antarctic
2: Discovering the Antarctic
3: Claiming and negotiating the Antarctic
4: Governing the Antarctic
5: Doing Antarctic science
6: Exploiting and protecting the Antarctic
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