Disruption over Macquarie Island calls for some clever Antarctic thinking

The fate of the Australian Antarctic Divisions research base on Macquarie Islandhangs in the balance, after last weeks surprise announcement that it would close inMarch 2017 was followed on Friday by a suggestion that the government could yetreprieve it.Why all the fuss over a scattering of building...

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Main Author: Hodgson-Johnston, I
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: The Conversation Media Group Ltd 2016
Subjects:
Law and Legal Studies
Law
Environmental and Natural Resources Law
Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Macquarie Island
Online Access:http://theconversation.com/disruption-over-macquarie-island-calls-for-some-clever-antarctic-thinking-65558
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/115807
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Summary:The fate of the Australian Antarctic Divisions research base on Macquarie Islandhangs in the balance, after last weeks surprise announcement that it would close inMarch 2017 was followed on Friday by a suggestion that the government could yetreprieve it.Why all the fuss over a scattering of buildings on a windswept island (admittedly aUNESCO World Heritage-listed one) perched on a tectonic ridge halfway betweenAustralia and Antarctica?

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