Emerging Issues of Australia's Sub-Antarctic Islands: Macquarie Island and Heard Island and McDonald Islands

• Main Authors: Kriwoken, LK, Holmes, ND
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Federation Press 2007
• Subjects: Studies in Human Society; Policy and Administration; Policy and Administration not elsewhere classified; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Heard Island; Heard; McDonald Islands; Antarc*; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862876576; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/48481

Macquarie Island (Macquarie) and Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) are spectacular, remote Australian sub-Antarctic islands located in the Southern Ocean. Macquarie and HIMI are home to an abundant and diverse array of unique sub-Antarctic wildlife. The vastness of the Southern Ocean and the...