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


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Nicole Webster
Nicole Webster is the Chief Scientist of the Australian Antarctic Division. Over the last two decades she has worked as Senior Principal Research Scientist...
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