Norway and the ‘winning’ of Australian Antarctica
ABSTRACT Enquiries by Norwegian whalers precipitated the British annexation of the Falkland Island Dependencies and the Ross Dependency. Seeking territory free of British control, Lars Christensen's Norwegian whalers claimed Bouvet Island, which the British believed was theirs. Realisation of t...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247409008328 2024-03-03T08:38:14+00:00 Norway and the ‘winning’ of Australian Antarctica Barrett, Noel D. 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247409008328 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247409008328 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 45, issue 4, page 360-367 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2009 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247409008328 2024-02-08T08:47:17Z ABSTRACT Enquiries by Norwegian whalers precipitated the British annexation of the Falkland Island Dependencies and the Ross Dependency. Seeking territory free of British control, Lars Christensen's Norwegian whalers claimed Bouvet Island, which the British believed was theirs. Realisation of the economic value of whaling led Leopold Amery, of the British colonial office to develop Britain's Antarctic domination policy. In pursuit of this policy, the 1926 Imperial Conference formulated a process to claim a sector of Antarctica for Australia. A.G. Price's The Winning of Australian Antarctica describes the role of the Mawson led BANZARE in this process. To gain title to Bouvet Island, the Norwegian Government, dependant on friendly relations with Britain, agreed not to claim territory listed by the Imperial Conference as of ‘special interest’ to Britain. Claims made by whalers who had mapped and named territory in the unlisted area between Kemp and Queen Mary Lands were rejected by the Norwegian prime minister. Following the 1933 Order in Council establishing the Australian Antarctic Territory, Norway raised concerns that the territory included Haakon VII Vidde (polar plateau) and the parts of Dronning (Queen) Maud Land that had been mapped and discovered by Norwegians. Price's contention that Australian Antarctica was ‘won’ is questionable. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Bouvet Island Polar Record Queen Maud Land Ross Dependency Cambridge University Press Antarctic Australian Antarctic Territory Norway Amery ENVELOPE(-94.063,-94.063,56.565,56.565) Bouvet ENVELOPE(3.358,3.358,-54.422,-54.422) Queen Maud Land ENVELOPE(12.000,12.000,-72.500,-72.500) Bouvet Island ENVELOPE(3.358,3.358,-54.422,-54.422) Polar Plateau ENVELOPE(0.000,0.000,-90.000,-90.000) Ross Dependency ENVELOPE(160.000,160.000,-60.000,-60.000) Polar Record 45 4 360 367 |
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ABSTRACT Enquiries by Norwegian whalers precipitated the British annexation of the Falkland Island Dependencies and the Ross Dependency. Seeking territory free of British control, Lars Christensen's Norwegian whalers claimed Bouvet Island, which the British believed was theirs. Realisation of the economic value of whaling led Leopold Amery, of the British colonial office to develop Britain's Antarctic domination policy. In pursuit of this policy, the 1926 Imperial Conference formulated a process to claim a sector of Antarctica for Australia. A.G. Price's The Winning of Australian Antarctica describes the role of the Mawson led BANZARE in this process. To gain title to Bouvet Island, the Norwegian Government, dependant on friendly relations with Britain, agreed not to claim territory listed by the Imperial Conference as of ‘special interest’ to Britain. Claims made by whalers who had mapped and named territory in the unlisted area between Kemp and Queen Mary Lands were rejected by the Norwegian prime minister. Following the 1933 Order in Council establishing the Australian Antarctic Territory, Norway raised concerns that the territory included Haakon VII Vidde (polar plateau) and the parts of Dronning (Queen) Maud Land that had been mapped and discovered by Norwegians. Price's contention that Australian Antarctica was ‘won’ is questionable. |
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