Environment and Sovereignty in the Antarctic The Terre Adélie Airstrip

Abstract This paper investigates the relationship between environment and sovereignty in France’s Antarctic territory, Terre Adélie. Using the story of the French effort to build an airstrip in Terre Adélie, I show how sovereignty performances are rooted in strategic and political dynamics. For over...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal for the History of Environment and Society
Main Author: Janet Martin-Nielsen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:German
English
French
Published: Brepols Publishers 2022
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1484/J.JHES.5.134043
https://doaj.org/article/56b7391a04884d52a4d8174798c2648b