TY - BOOK AU - Martin-Nielsen,Janet ED - Project Muse. TI - A Few Acres of Ice : : Environment, Sovereignty, and "Grandeur" in the French Antarctic / SN - 9781501772122 PY - 2023/// CY - Ithaca [New York] PB - Cornell University Press KW - Geopolitics KW - fast KW - Ecology KW - Discoveries in geography KW - French KW - Antarctica KW - Adelie Coast KW - Adelie Coast (Antarctica) KW - History KW - Environmental conditions KW - Discovery and exploration KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - The French Antarctic: Terre Adelie -- "All that is required is to discover It" -- An unexpected territory -- Apathy and neglect -- Formalizing sovereignty -- Science and presence -- Growing maturity -- Crisis and choices -- Environmental authority -- An uncertain future -- An Antarctic power malgre soi; Open Access N2 - "An in-depth study of France's relationship with the Antarctic, focusing on France's Antarctic territory, Terre Adelie, from the sixteenth century to the present-day, and describing challenges that bring together environmental concerns in the polar regions with the geopolitical realities of the twenty-first century"-- UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/109911/ ER -