Environment and Sovereignty in the Antarctic <subtitle>The Terre Adélie Airstrip</subtitle>

Abstract This paper investigates the relationship between environment and sovereignty in France’s Antarctic territory, Terre Adélie. Using the story of the French effort to build an airstrip in Terre Adélie, I show how sovereignty performances are rooted in strategic and political dynamics. For over...

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Main Author: Janet Martin-Nielsen
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Brepols Publishers 2022-01-01
Series:Journal for the History of Environment and Society
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Online Access:https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/10.1484/J.JHES.5.134043