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02845aam a2200385 i 4500 001 B292D638B81211E9A4E5754297128E48 003 SILO 005 20190806010914 008 190205s2019 nyub b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019004677 020 $a 0190641312 020 $a 9780190641313 020 $a 0190641320 020 $a 9780190641320 035 $a (OCoLC)1050133602 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d VP@ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a t------ 050 00 $a G870 D295 2019 100 1 $a Day, David, $d 1949- $e author. 245 10 $a Antarctica / $c David Day. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a ix, 196 pages ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a What everyone needs to know 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a " In this addition to the What Everyone Needs to Know® series, David Day examines the most forbidding and formidably inaccessible continent on Earth. For over a century following its discovery by European explorers in 1820, Antarctica played host to competing claims by rival nations vying for access to the frozen land's vast marine resources -- namely the skins and oils of seals and whales. Though the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 was meant to end this contention, countries have found other means of extending control over the land, with scientific bases establishing at least symbolic claims. Exploration and drilling by the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Japan, and others has led to discoveries about the world's climate in centuries past -- and in the process intimations of its alarming future. Delving into all the relevant issues -- the history of the continent, its wildlife, underwater mountain ranges, arguments over governance, and the continent's effect on global climate change -- Day's work sheds new light on a territory that, despite being the coldest, driest, and windiest continent in the world, will continue to be the object of intense speculation and competition. With new evidence that Antarctica's ice is melting three times faster than it was a decade ago, the need to understand the world's southernmost region has never been more pressing. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 8 $a Machine generated contents note: -- 1. First Contact -- 2. The Race for Antarctica -- 3. Imperial Rivalry -- 4. War on the Ice -- 5. Science and Discovery -- 6. Profiting from Antarctica -- 7. The Antarctic Treaty -- 8. Global Warming -- 9. The Future of Antarctica. 651 0 $a Antarctica $x History. 830 0 $a What everyone needs to know 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240717024318.0 952 $l OPAX566 $d 20200923010117.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508022957.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B292D638B81211E9A4E5754297128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search