British Antarctic Policy in the Early 20th Century

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Beck, Peter J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1983
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Pacific; Amery; Mercer; Antarc*; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400021677; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400021677

World War I has often been said to mark the end of the ‘Age of Imperialism’—the close of ‘that final surge of land hunger’ (Landes 1969) from 1880 to 1914 when much of the world's land surface, especially in Africa and the Pacific, was acquired by the major powers. Britain's large share wa...