Exploring the Last Continent An Introduction to Antarctica /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Liggett, Daniela (Editor), Storey, Bryan (Editor), Cook, Yvonne (Editor), Meduna, Veronika (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Environment.; Renewable energy resources.; Hydrology.; Climate change.; Mineral resources.; Environmental geography.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Environmental Geography.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Mineral Resources.

This multidisciplinary book examines Antarctica, from its geological origins as it separated from the Gondwana supercontinent, to Captain James Cook and crew, the first recorded observation by Europeans, to its present as a research outpost protected from energy exploitation, and a climate change be...