Conserving the oldest historic sites in the Antarctic: the challenges in managing the sealing sites in the South Shetland Islands
ABSTRACT The fur seal population of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, was intensively hunted by sealers from the discovery of the islands in 1819 to the early 1820s, by which time the seal numbers were so depleted that sealing became uneconomic. Sealing was revived for both fur seals and eleph...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247409008389 2024-03-03T08:38:05+00:00 Conserving the oldest historic sites in the Antarctic: the challenges in managing the sealing sites in the South Shetland Islands Pearson, Michael Stehberg, Ruben Zarankín, Andrés Senatore, M. Ximena Gatica, Carolina 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247409008389 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247409008389 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 46, issue 1, page 57-64 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2009 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247409008389 2024-02-08T08:45:05Z ABSTRACT The fur seal population of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, was intensively hunted by sealers from the discovery of the islands in 1819 to the early 1820s, by which time the seal numbers were so depleted that sealing became uneconomic. Sealing was revived for both fur seals and elephant seals at several periods later in the century. Sealers were put ashore in gangs and built makeshift shelters in which to live, and also occupied caves. Many of these have been identified on the various islands of the South Shetlands, and a number have been excavated. The paper addresses some of the management issues facing the conservation of these sites, which include accelerating tourism, disturbance by scientific researchers, disturbance by animal activity, burial or erosion by drifting sand, and climate change. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Elephant Seals Polar Record South Shetland Islands Cambridge University Press Antarctic The Antarctic South Shetland Islands Polar Record 46 1 57 64 |
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ABSTRACT The fur seal population of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, was intensively hunted by sealers from the discovery of the islands in 1819 to the early 1820s, by which time the seal numbers were so depleted that sealing became uneconomic. Sealing was revived for both fur seals and elephant seals at several periods later in the century. Sealers were put ashore in gangs and built makeshift shelters in which to live, and also occupied caves. Many of these have been identified on the various islands of the South Shetlands, and a number have been excavated. The paper addresses some of the management issues facing the conservation of these sites, which include accelerating tourism, disturbance by scientific researchers, disturbance by animal activity, burial or erosion by drifting sand, and climate change. |
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Conserving the oldest historic sites in the Antarctic: the challenges in managing the sealing sites in the South Shetland Islands |
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Conserving the oldest historic sites in the Antarctic: the challenges in managing the sealing sites in the South Shetland Islands |
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Conserving the oldest historic sites in the Antarctic: the challenges in managing the sealing sites in the South Shetland Islands |
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