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- Published 20220503
- ISBN: 978-1-922212-74-0
- Extent: 264pp
- Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

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Alessandro Antonello
Alessandro Antonello is a historian at Flinders University, Adelaide. His research investigates environmental and international histories of Antarctica, the global cryosphere, and oceans. His book The...
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