[meteorite-list] A New Question (Antarctic Politics)

From: Paul <bristolia_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 20:43:14 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <205563.81752.qm_at_web36204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Martin Altmann pondered:

?Besides... I have some ideas (sorry, happens from time
 to time):

Could it be also a reason for Antarctic meteorites never
can't be traded, that according the Antarctic treaties,
none of the governments involved in Antarctic hunts
can't get ownership in these meteorites??

For a discussion of the politics of doing science in Antarctic, there
is a delightful article. It is:

Naylor, S., M. Siegert, K. Dean and s. Turchetti, 2008, Science,
geopolitics and the governance of Antarctica. Nature Geoscience.
vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 143 ? 145. doi:10.1038/ngeo138

http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v1/n3/index.html#fe

Yours,

Paul H.


      
Received on Thu 15 May 2008 11:43:14 PM PDT