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New law will not restore the parks to the purity of Eden, nor halt the waves of people pressing in on them. "Preservation involves two paradoxes," writes Alston Chase, author of Playing God in Yellowstone: The Destruction of America's First National Park. "We can restore and sustain the appearance...
For anyone who has watched the behavior of some English fans over the years, last week came as no surprise. English soccer clubs have been banned from the Continent since 1985 by the Union of European Football Associations (U.E.F.A.) following one of the most horrific episodes in soccer history. Three...
Is Antarctica a frozen trove of natural resources? Scientists first saw evidence 15 years ago that there might be oil beneath the area's coastal waters, and some geologists believe any such deposits could be the world's last untapped "elephants," as huge fields are called. Yet no provision existed...
Unexplored until the early years of this century, Antarctica holds largely scientific interest for Washington, which operates four permanent stations on the continent, including the only encampment at the South Pole. In 1959 the U.S. and eleven other nations agreed on a treaty banning military activity and all nuclear materials...
Initialed on June 2, the new agreement is supposed to protect the continent's delicate environment. All 20 members of the governing group will have to approve the opening of any part of Antarctica to mineral exploration, and a series of applications and approvals will be required before development is...