S. 1427, the Antarctic Scientific Research, Tourism, and Marine Resources Act of 1993, to Implement the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, October 20, 1993U.S. Government Printing Office, 1994 - 96 pages Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche. |
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... visit Antarctica , I can attest to its special beauty and pristine wilderness . While on the continent , I was impressed by a number of dedicated scientists operating under difficult circumstances to help us to understand better our ...
... visit Antarctica , I can attest to its special beauty and pristine wilderness . While on the continent , I was impressed by a number of dedicated scientists operating under difficult circumstances to help us to understand better our ...
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... visit , how well do you think we are achieving that balance ? What is your sense of where we are ? Dr. SULLIVAN . I think we have made dramatic progress . As I tried to indicate in my opening statement , that is clearly my per- ception ...
... visit , how well do you think we are achieving that balance ? What is your sense of where we are ? Dr. SULLIVAN . I think we have made dramatic progress . As I tried to indicate in my opening statement , that is clearly my per- ception ...
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... visiting Antarctica has increased dramatically . With that burgeoning industry , the Antarctic environment has been damaged by oil spills , and breeding wildlife are increasingly disturbed by large groups of tourists . Last year , the ...
... visiting Antarctica has increased dramatically . With that burgeoning industry , the Antarctic environment has been damaged by oil spills , and breeding wildlife are increasingly disturbed by large groups of tourists . Last year , the ...
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... visit to the Ant- arctic on a tourist vessel , when I was employed part - time as a nat- uralist or lecturer on geology , glaciology , and history , and since that time on a part - time basis , when my teaching and other sched- ules ...
... visit to the Ant- arctic on a tourist vessel , when I was employed part - time as a nat- uralist or lecturer on geology , glaciology , and history , and since that time on a part - time basis , when my teaching and other sched- ules ...
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... visits to the Ant- arctic . Although these are not mandatory under law , these consist mainly of fundamental guidelines to protect the fauna and flora and are now an essential requirement of membership in IAATO , formed in 1991 to set ...
... visits to the Ant- arctic . Although these are not mandatory under law , these consist mainly of fundamental guidelines to protect the fauna and flora and are now an essential requirement of membership in IAATO , formed in 1991 to set ...
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