Gondwana’s Promises. German Geologists in Antarctica between Basic Science and Resource Exploration in the Late 1970s
The 1970s was a crucial period of transition in polar science, when Antarctica, as the “continent defined by and for science” (Elzinga 1993), was intrinsically linked with economic interests and global environmental concerns. This shift towards a resource-oriented research agenda will be examined in...
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ftdara:oai:oai.da-ra.de:430265 2023-05-15T13:42:07+02:00 Gondwana’s Promises. German Geologists in Antarctica between Basic Science and Resource Exploration in the Late 1970s Gondwanas Versprechen: Deutsche Geologen in der Antarktis zwischen Grundlagenforschung und Rohstoffsuche in den späten 1970er Jahren Kehrt, Christian GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften 2015-03 https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.40.2015.2.202-221 English eng HSR (GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) URL: http://www.gesis.org/en/hsr/archive/2015/402-climate-and-beyond/ ISSN: 0172-6404 URL: http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=18&sid=ba9a8b30-6281-4a73-816f-e8038f24cfa6%40sessionmgr4003&hid=4109&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=sih&AN=101582766 doi:10.12759/hsr.40.2015.2.202-221 URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-426195 CC.BY.4.0 Download Die Print-Version ist lieferbar A print version is also available Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung Vol. 40, No. 2 (2015) Cold War history environmental history Antarctic Treaty System earth governance global environment Text Zeitschriftenaufsatz Journal article 2015 ftdara https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.40.2015.2.202-221 2022-05-13T05:50:57Z The 1970s was a crucial period of transition in polar science, when Antarctica, as the “continent defined by and for science” (Elzinga 1993), was intrinsically linked with economic interests and global environmental concerns. This shift towards a resource-oriented research agenda will be examined in the case of the Federal Republic of Germany and its GANOVEX (German Antarctic North Victoria Land Expedition) Expeditions. They started in 1979 and aimed to erase the last blank spots on the geological map of Antarctica and thus prove that Germany can attain consultative status in the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS). In this context, scientists played a key role in negotiating the possibilities and limits of resource exploration in the late 1970s. I will discuss the so-called “Gondwana hypothesis” and its role in resource-driven research and argue that global geopolitical interests in new resource potentials motivated the geological mapping of Antarctica. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Antarktis* Victoria Land da|ra - Registration agency for social and economic data Antarctic The Antarctic Victoria Land |
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The 1970s was a crucial period of transition in polar science, when Antarctica, as the “continent defined by and for science” (Elzinga 1993), was intrinsically linked with economic interests and global environmental concerns. This shift towards a resource-oriented research agenda will be examined in the case of the Federal Republic of Germany and its GANOVEX (German Antarctic North Victoria Land Expedition) Expeditions. They started in 1979 and aimed to erase the last blank spots on the geological map of Antarctica and thus prove that Germany can attain consultative status in the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS). In this context, scientists played a key role in negotiating the possibilities and limits of resource exploration in the late 1970s. I will discuss the so-called “Gondwana hypothesis” and its role in resource-driven research and argue that global geopolitical interests in new resource potentials motivated the geological mapping of Antarctica. |
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Gondwana’s Promises. German Geologists in Antarctica between Basic Science and Resource Exploration in the Late 1970s |
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Gondwana’s Promises. German Geologists in Antarctica between Basic Science and Resource Exploration in the Late 1970s |
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Gondwana’s Promises. German Geologists in Antarctica between Basic Science and Resource Exploration in the Late 1970s |
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Gondwana’s Promises. German Geologists in Antarctica between Basic Science and Resource Exploration in the Late 1970s |
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URL: http://www.gesis.org/en/hsr/archive/2015/402-climate-and-beyond/ ISSN: 0172-6404 URL: http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=18&sid=ba9a8b30-6281-4a73-816f-e8038f24cfa6%40sessionmgr4003&hid=4109&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=sih&AN=101582766 doi:10.12759/hsr.40.2015.2.202-221 URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-426195 |
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