Governing the Frozen Commons: The Antarctic Regime and Environmental Protection

by Christopher C. Joyner

Book Overview

Assesses the international community's management of Antarctica as a global commons

Antarctica, the last great wilderness on earth, is a continent of extremes. It is the coldest, highest, driest, windiest, remotest, most desolate place on the planet. Yet despite these profoundly forbidding characteristics the Antarctic commons has attracted increasing political, economic, and diplomatic attention in recent years. This interest has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570032742
• ISBN13: 9781570032745
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"