Release of publication number VIII in the ICOMOS series “Monuments and Sites".
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“CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC REGIONS” is a compilation of 14 separate commentaries that present many of the unique issues associated with heritage protection in polar regions. Contributors are all members of the International Polar Heritage Committee who have written on a variety of subjects related to their own areas of expertise. The publication has been compiled and edited by IPHC President Susan Barr and Secretary General Paul Chaplin. Consisting of 80 pages this is the first in the ICOMOS series to be published in full colour and includes a large number of spectacular photos. If you would like a copy of this interesting overview of polar heritage site protection you can order a copy at a very reasonable price. CONTACT US. (Nov 2005) |
List of Contents
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Paul Chaplin and Susan Barr |
An overview of polar heritage sites |
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Susan Barr |
Polar monuments and sites – An introduction |
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Paul Chaplin |
Polar Heritage sites at risk – Politics, principles and practical problems |
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Janet Hughes |
Deterioration of Antarctic historic sites – Effects of Antarctic climates on materials and implications for preservation |
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Roberta Farrell, Robert Blanchette (et al) |
Scientific Evaluation of Deterioration in Historic Huts of Ross Island, Antarctica |
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Michael Pearson |
Artefact or rubbish – A dilemma for Antarctic managers |
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Geoff Ashley and Richard Mackay |
Mawson’s huts historic site, Antarctica: The conservation management plan as a decision making tool |
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Doug Olynyk |
Canada’s Yukon territory – Heritage at the edge |
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Glenn W. Sheehan and Anne M. Jensen |
When the indigenous tradition and the scientific tradition merge: Ukpeagvik Iñupiat Corporation’s Science Center in Barrow, Alaska |
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Jean-François Le Mouël |
Heritage in the French sub-antarctic territory: Between urgency and emergency |
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Cornelia Lüdecke |
German meteorological and magnetic base station on the Kerguelen Islands (1901-1903). |
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Ruben Stehberg |
Archaeologists document historical heritage in the South Shetland Islands |
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Louwrens Hacquebord |
Dutch cultural heritage in the Arctic |