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This brief chapter outlines how Antarctica captured humankind’s imagination over the centuries, culminating in a flurry of expeditions during the Heroic Age and, more recently, in endeavours to better understand this continent and its importance for the global system through science.
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Liggett, D., Storey, B., Cook, Y. (2015). Exploring the Last Continent. In: Liggett, D., Storey, B., Cook, Y., Meduna, V. (eds) Exploring the Last Continent. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18947-5_1
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