Mountain conservation in the Antarctic Treaty System

• Main Author: Kriwoken, L
• Other Authors: Ralston, Mary, Hughey, Ken, O'Connor, Kevin
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Centre for Mountain Studies, Lincoln University, New Zealand 1996
• Subjects: 300801 Environmental Management and Rehabilitation; 300805 Conservation; Mountain ecosystems; Antarctica; Antarctic Treaty System; Protected Area Management; Human Impacts; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Transantarctic Mountains; Pacific; Ronne Ice Shelf; Ellsworth Mountains; Adare; Rutford; Filchner Ice Shelf; Cape Adare; Greater Antarctica; Lesser Antarctica; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/3544/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/3544/1/Mountain_conservation_in_the_Antarctic.pdf

Antarctica, the fifth largest continent, covers almost 14 M km2 and extends to 20 M km2 as sea ice develops in the austral winter.Some 98 percent of the continent scovered by ice with an average thickness of 2450m. The icecap gives Antarctica the greatest average elevation of all continents at 2300...