Spatial Sciences on Ice: 50 years of Australian activities on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

Coastal-change and glaciological map of the Amery Ice Shelf area, Antarctica: 1961–2004

“…Gravity measurements revealed a uniform depth to bedrock of 1,000 m beneath the centerline of the ice shelf, which is consistent with bathymetric and ice thickness observations (Kiernan, 2001). An excellent overview of Australian scientific activities on Amery Ice Shelf during the last 50 years is given by Janssen and Hurd (2008).…”

Antarctica-to-Western Australia Liquid Freshwater Shipments Using Stauber Bags in a Paternoster-Like Transfer System: Inaugurating a Southern Ocean Antidrought Action Sea-Lane

“…1950, indicates a lack of potable water-must soon be made available to those who desire and need it and who can afford the considerable public direct taxation and indirect rate-paying costs to obtain it. Presented here is a new macroproblem water poverty drought solution through the establishment of new maritime sea-lanes that will provide harmlessly ''mined'' large quantities of liquid freshwater to Western Australia, by using Antarctic liquid freshwater resources possessed legally by Australia (Janssen and Hurd, 2008;Slevich, 1984). Australia initiated the permanent colonization of Antarctica in 1954 (Collis, 2007;Yusoff, 2005) and, since 11 January 2008, the first scheduled air link between Australia and Antarctica commenced seasonal operation; the link is operational during the October to February period (Anonymous, 2008).…”