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A Few Acres of Ice : Environment, Sovereignty, and "Grandeur" in the French Antarctic / Janet Martin-Nielsen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2023Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource (276 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501772122
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Contents:
The French Antarctic: Terre Adelie -- "All that is required is to discover It" -- An unexpected territory -- Apathy and neglect -- Formalizing sovereignty -- Science and presence -- Growing maturity -- Crisis and choices -- Environmental authority -- An uncertain future -- An Antarctic power malgre soi.
Summary: "An in-depth study of France's relationship with the Antarctic, focusing on France's Antarctic territory, Terre Adelie, from the sixteenth century to the present-day, and describing challenges that bring together environmental concerns in the polar regions with the geopolitical realities of the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher.
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The French Antarctic: Terre Adelie -- "All that is required is to discover It" -- An unexpected territory -- Apathy and neglect -- Formalizing sovereignty -- Science and presence -- Growing maturity -- Crisis and choices -- Environmental authority -- An uncertain future -- An Antarctic power malgre soi.

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"An in-depth study of France's relationship with the Antarctic, focusing on France's Antarctic territory, Terre Adelie, from the sixteenth century to the present-day, and describing challenges that bring together environmental concerns in the polar regions with the geopolitical realities of the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher.

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