The South Pole Route; a Necessity or a Scar on the Landscape?

• Main Authors: Beaumont, Stefan, Chilton, Mike, Godson, Lloyd, Wright, Neville, van der Beek, Olaf
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Antarctic; Eia; McMurdo Station; Ross Island; South Pole; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10092/14338

Controversy surrounds the United State's National Science Foundation's (NSF) current construction Of a route between McMurdo Station, Ross Island, and Amunsden-Scott South Pole Station. Attitudes to the Route cover a wide spectrum. Proponents Of large-scale science consider it a necessity,...