Word: continentality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Still, say the Wellington Convention's opponents, some countries might be tempted anyway. Contends Barnes of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition: "Some nations are awash in cash and technology and have no domestic oil supply. I think Japan would be down there as soon as the continent was opened...
Such arguments are behind the surge in support for a world park. The proposal by Australia and France last October that the continent be declared a "wilderness reserve" under the eye of an Antarctic environmental- protection agency -- essentially the world-park scheme by a different name -- was hailed by environmentalists...
Usually the greatest logistical difficulty that science journalists face is persuading busy scientists to make time for interviews. Reporting this week's cover on Antarctica, though, presented a slightly different challenge: the lonely research teams who work there were more than happy to talk to a reporter, but the trick...
Lemonick's ten-day visit to the starkly beautiful continent gave new meaning to the phrase working round the clock. For one thing, the sun never sets there during the summer months, which in the southern hemisphere stretch from October to March. Says Lemonick: "At 3 a.m. it looked like...
Growing crowds of scientists, workers and tourists have put increasing pressure on the frozen land's fragile ecosystems. More ominous are threats of oil drilling and mining. All agree development must be controlled, but squabbling over how may doom earth's last pristine continent.