Antarctica: Wilderness at Risk

In an age when technology seems capable of conquering nature and nations are fighting to preserve or expand their economies in the face of dwindling natrual resources, Antarctica - the world's last untouched continent - faces a grim, potentially disastrous future. The insupportable stresses which can be placed on the world's fragile ecosystems are already graphically clear in the experiences of the past. But the threats to Antarctica from oil and mineral exploitation promise devastation of a vastly different magnatude. An entire continent is at risk.

In this fascinating, necessarily outspoken book, Friends of the Earth portray only too clearly the global implications of the impending fight for the control of Antarctica's resources. The options are clear, but the choice is one which will affect not only the Antarctic wilderness itself but the lives and wellbeing of people everywhere. In the world at large Antarctica has a unique place, both politically and ecologically. For an understanding of the continent's uncertain future, ANTARCTICA: WILDERNESS AT RISK is essential reading.

- From the back cover.

Antarctica: Wilderness at Risk
Barney Brewster & Friends of the Earth
A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd.
Wellington
1982
First edition.
Softcover.
Illustrated card covers. 19 x 25cm
125 pages.
Inscription in blue ink on the front end-paper.
Good second-hand condition.
Binding tight.
Pages clean.
Security tag affixed to inside back cover.

88h - Antarctic & Arctic Dups.