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Article: Looking South--Australia's Antarctic Agenda.(Book review)
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- Australian Journal of Environmental Education
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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Looking South--Australia's Antarctic Agenda. Edited by Lorne K. Kriwoken, Julia Jabour and Alan D Hemmings. Annandale, New South Wales: The Federation Press, November 2007, 227 pp. ISBN: 978 186287 6576
Looking South--Australia's Antarctic Agenda represents an extremely comprehensive and well-written overview of Australia's activities and agenda in the Antarctic region since 1933. In that year, Australia laid claim to 42% of the Antarctic continent, a continent that represents 8% of the total landmass of the planet. Furthermore, Australia has claim over a number of sub Antarctic islands (Macquarie, Head and the McDonald Island) each with significant biodiversity ...