Encyclopedia entry: polar regions, geological exploration of

Encyclopedia entry: geological exploration of the ...
The Oxford Companion to the Earth;      700+ words ...geological exploration of the polar regions The two polar regions together occupy about one-seventh of the land area of the globe, but are very different from one another. The Arctic is an ocean basin with peripheral continents, whereas the ...

Article: Polar regions and the development of international ...
Arctic;  March 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... with a balanced approach to the two polar regions. He justifies the latter on the basis ... four parts. Part I introduces the polar regions and their environment and resources ... under the heading "The impact of the polar regions." One chapter deals with the polar ...

Article: Thousands of world scientists to jointly explore polar ...
Xinhua News Agency;  October 26, 2005 ;     653 words ... ... scientists to jointly explore polar regions BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua ... off a joint exploration on polar regions from March 2007 to find out ... between changes occurring in polar regions and global climate. The International ...

Article: The Polar Regions: A Political Geography.(Brief ...
The Geographical Journal;  November 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... ISBN 0 471 94898 5 Interest in the polar regions has been stimulated by public awareness ... book is an attempt to look at both polar regions in terms of the new geopolitics and ... that the political geography of the polar regions is a reflection of the old geopolitics ...

Article: Gazprom Neft slashes geological exploration 28% in ...
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire;  August 5, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Gazprom Neft slashes geological exploration 28% in H1 MOSCOW ... RTS: SIBN) reduced geological exploration 28% in the first ... planned to return geological exploration to the levels of 2008 ...

Article: CHINA GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION FUNDS HIT CNY13BN
AsiaInfo Services;  September 18, 2009 ;     390 words ... ... AsiaInfo Services 09-18-2009 China Geological Exploration Funds Hit CNY13bn SHANGHAI, Sep ... Business Beat via COMTEX) -- The geological exploration funds of the state and provinces ... propelling private capital to join geological exploration. The Central Geological ...

Article: A review of tourism research in the polar regions.
Arctic;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... that are largely similar in the two polar regions. Polar tourism research appears to ... activity in both northern and southern polar regions. It appears that geographic isolation ... For various reasons, however, the polar regions are generally regarded as fragile environments ...