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Article: MINING DISPUTE CLOUDS ANTARCTICA'S FUTURE.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- November 22, 1990
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Byline: William Booth Washington Post
Few pilgrims have journeyed to the bottom of the world. But people like the idea that the place exists.
Antarctica is an immense, frozen, lonely world unto itself, and Congress seems to want to keep it that way.
In many ways, protecting Antarctica is the perfect environmental issue. After all, there are no jobs to be lost at the South Pole.
No factories will close if Antarctica is declared a world park. It is the rarest of issues, one in which a Republican lawmaker and a Greenpeace environmental protection activist can agree.
In recent weeks, two resolutions calling for the preservation of ...