The resting place of Shackleton’s ill-fated ship is now an international heritage site, and a reminder of how Antarctica’s place in our collective consciousness has changed since the ‘heroic age’.
- Associate Professor in Environmental History, University of Tasmania
Strategic tensions with Russia and China are hardening globally and Antarctica won’t be immune from them. Can Antarctica stay peripheral, as it has in previous moments of geopolitical heat?
For 200 years, a small number of countries have exploited the marine wildlife of Antarctica, often with devastating impact on their populations.
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