Ten myths about the preservation of historic sites in Antarctica and some implications for Mawson's huts at Cape Denison

Polar Record

Volumn 36, Issue 197, 2000, Pages 117-130

  Hughes, Janet ^a  

^a NONE

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; PRESERVATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0034106509     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247400016223     Document Type: Article

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