Summary

This paper outlines contemporary stories about Antarctica,narratives developed for its consumption as the last wilderness, continent for peace and science, and as a place of hidden wealth. It focusses on Antarctica as an international reserve for science, treating this as a legitimating myth, then look more closely at how scientists working there construct their presence, their activity and their vision for the continent.

Authors:Burns R. Publisher: La Trobe University School of Sociology, Politics and Anthropology Published in: 1998 Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature Program area: Human Impacts Research
Burns R. (1998) Stories about place: the Antarctic as an international reserve for science, Imagined Places. The politics of making space. 159-166;

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