[meteorite-list] A New Question (Antarctic Politics)

Paul bristolia at yahoo.com
Thu May 15 23:43:14 EDT 2008


Martin Altmann pondered:

“Besides... I have some ideas (sorry, happens from time
 to time):

Could it be also a reason for Antarctic meteorites never 
can't be traded, that according the Antarctic treaties, 
none of the governments involved in Antarctic hunts 
can't get ownership in these meteorites?”

For a discussion of the politics of doing science in Antarctic, there
is a delightful article. It is:

Naylor, S., M. Siegert, K. Dean and s. Turchetti, 2008, Science, 
geopolitics and the governance of Antarctica. Nature Geoscience. 
vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 143 – 145. doi:10.1038/ngeo138

http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v1/n3/index.html#fe

Yours,

Paul H.


      



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