Exploration of Antarctic subglacial aquatic environments : environmental and scientific stewardship /

Exploration of Antarctic subglacial aquatic environments : environmental and scientific stewardship / Committee on Principles of Environmental Stewardship for the Exploration and Study of Subglacial Environments, Polar Research Board, Division of Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

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Antarctica is renowned for its extreme cold; yet surprisingly, radar measurements have revealed a vast network of lakes, rivers, and streams several kilometers beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. Sealed from Earth's atmosphere for millions of years, they may provide vital information about microbi...

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Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Principles of Environmental Stewardship for the Exploration and Study of Subglacial Environments
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Oceanography > Research > Antarctica.
Subglacial lakes > Antarctica > Discovery and exploration.
Subglacial lakes > Polar regions > Discovery and exploration.
Subglacial lakes > Research > Antarctica.
Aquatic ecology > Research > Antarctica.
Scientific expeditions > Antarctica.
Aquatic ecology > Research.
Oceanography > Research.
Scientific expeditions.
Antarctica.
Polar regions.

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