Mawson and Mirnyy Stations: the spatiality of the Australian Antarctic Territory, 1954-61

• Published in: Australian Geographer
• Main Author: Collis, Christy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Australian Antarctic Territory; Cold War; Colonialism; Cultural geography; Mawson Station; Mirnyy Station; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q75q6/mawson-and-mirnyy-stations-the-spatiality-of-the-australian-antarctic-territory-1954-61; https://doi.org/10.1080/00049180701422407

This article focuses on the spatiality of the Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) in the important 1954-1961 period. Attending particularly to three key components of polar spatiality—geopolitics, international territorial law, and the built environment—the article analyses the development of the A...