Corporate Body

CRC for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment (1991 - 1997)

From
1991
Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia
To
1997
Functions
Conservation or Environment, Earth Sciences, Social or Economic Research, Meteorology and Industrial or Scientific Research
Alternative Names
  • Cooperative Research Centre for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment
Location
Sandy Bay, Tasmania

Summary

The Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment was previously known as the Antarctic CRC. The CRC conducted research in oceanography, glaciology, polar atmospheric physics, palaeo-reconstruction, microbiology, politics, law, international relations and remote sensing. In about 1997 the CRC became the CRC for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

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Timeline

 1991 - 1997 CRC for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment
       1997 - 2003 CRC for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
             2003 - 2019 Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC

Related People

Published resources

Books

  • Cooperative Research Centres Program (Australia), CRC Compendium / Cooperative Research Centres Program, Australia (Canberra: Australian government Publishing Service, 1996), 72 pp. Details

Resources

See also

  • Antonello, Alessandro, 'Glaciological bodies: Australian visions of the Antarctic ice sheet', International Review of Environmental History, 4 (1) (2018), 125-44. Details

Ailie Smith

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