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Antarctica push fuels data rush.(Brief article)
Byline: Laura Smith
Antarctica push fuels data rush
Laura Smith
Antarctica, once the lonely domain of Captain Scott and Ernest Shackleton, is the setting for the last land-grab in history.
Britain, Argentina and Chile have all laid claim to vast swathes of the territory that makes up a 10th of the planet's total landmass, making knowledge about the continent vital for information professionals seeking to keep their employers up to date.
Antarctica has long been protected by a series of treaties. The latest, the 1991 Madrid Protocol, declared the continent "a natural reserve, devoted to peace and science" and outlawed mining and drilling for oil for 50 years. Britain, Argentina and Chile are all signatories.
But soaring oil prices coupled with global warming and the shrinking of the ice caps A- which, ironically, is making exploration more practicable A- are fuelling the competition to exploit the region's mineral resources, which ...
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