Geologic data and its impact on the discussion on a regime for mineral resources

摘要

More than 200 years have passed since Antarctica was discovered by Captain James Cook in 1775. This magnificent polar expanse is an unremitting desert of ice. The wind carries the silence of the pole to the land's edge, broken by the glaciers torn from the shore, which bare the rock formations within. These glaciers struggle against the advance of the polar ocean waters from which life springs, finding a most awe-inspiring balance in its constant struggle to gain a foothold in this exceedingly hostile environment.