Policy and Science of Geothermal Heat Use at McMurdo Station, Antarcrtica

• Main Author: Alvine, Joe
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2010
• Subjects: student research; environmental studies program; undergraduate thesis; Antarctica; geothermal heat pumps; Environmental Health and Protection; Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Sciences; Geochemistry; Geology; Geomorphology; Glaciology; Natural Resources Management and Policy; Oil; Gas; and Energy; Other Earth Sciences; Other Environmental Sciences; Sustainability; McMurdo Station; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/envstudtheses/36; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/envstudtheses/article/1039/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf

My thesis research project deals with the use of geothermal heat in Antarctica. Currently it is not allowed due to article 7 of the 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection that placed a 50 moratorium on the exploitation of mineral resources. The US main base in Antarctica, McMurdo Station is curre...