"Building Boom" in Antarctica

An interesting article recently appeared in the New Zealand Herald on April 19, 2006, regarding the building of new research stations in Antarctica.

"A research station set to be built by the Baltic state of Estonia in New Zealand's Ross Dependency is part of a construction boom expected on the frozen continent of Antarctica next summer.

The development rush has been linked to the declaration of next year as international polar year, but there are concerns it will create environmental problems, Melbourne's The Age newspaper reported yesterday."

The full article is available at:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10377992

Julia Finn
Departmental Library
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa