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Science, geopolitics and the governance of Antarctica

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International Polar Year 2007–2009 had three predecessors 125, 75 and 50 years ago. These international research efforts were not free from geopolitical interests.

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Figure 1: Distribution of the seven territorial claims in Antarctica.
Figure 2: Photograph of the US Antarctic IGY seismic and glaciological traverse from Little America to Byrd Station in February 1957.

CHARLES BENTLEY

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We would like to thank Klaus Dodds and Charles Bentley for their comments on this paper, and the archivists at the National Archives and Records Administration, USA, for assistance during fieldwork. We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Leverhulme Trust (grant number F00144AV).

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  1. University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, TR10 9EZ, Cornwall, UK

    Simon Naylor

  2. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, UK

    Martin Siegert

  3. British Library, Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB

    Katrina Dean

  4. History and Philosophy of Science Division, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

    Simone Turchetti

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Naylor, S., Siegert, M., Dean, K. et al. Science, geopolitics and the governance of Antarctica. Nature Geosci 1, 143–145 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo138

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