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Book on the history of the Antarctic Treaty System wins award

Book on the history of the Antarctic Treaty System wins award

Australia and the Antarctic Treaty System: 50 Years of Influence (UNSW Press), edited by Marcus Haward and Tom Griffiths, has been named a joint winner in the category of Tertiary Scholarly Resource in the Australian Educational Publishing Awards 2012. The co-winner in this category was Australian Poetry Since 1788, edited by Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert [...]

Audio: Celebrating Douglas Mawson in Antarctica

Audio: Celebrating Douglas Mawson in Antarctica

Tom Griffiths’ address to the Australian Academy of Science On Saturday 9 June 2012, ABC National Radio’s The Science Show broadcast Tom Griffiths’ address to the Australian Academy of Science celebrating Douglas Mawson’s epic voyage and trek in Antarctica. Listen to the audio. Duration: 17:16 minutes

The Diplomacy of Krill: negotiating the exploitation of Antarctic resources in the 1970s

The Diplomacy of Krill: negotiating the exploitation of Antarctic resources in the 1970s

Alessandro Antonello, School of History, ANU School of History Seminar Series Wednesday 18 May 2011, 4.15-5.30pm, Seminar Room A, Coombs Building, ANU In May 1980, after six years of discussions and negotiations, 15 states agreed to the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), a convention which created a structure of principles [...]