The development of Malaysia's position on Antarctica: 1982 to 2004

Polar Record

Volumn 41, Issue 217, 2005, Pages 113-124

  Tepper, Rohan ^a   Haward, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC TREATY; GEOPOLITICS;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 19644391741     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247405004262     Document Type: Article

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