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Antarctic.V15.2.1997.Pdf ANTARCTICA - FLIGHTSTO THE LAST FRONTIER ince Qantas reintroduced Antarctic day flights, two years ago, thousands of passengers have been awe-inspired by Antarctica's grandeur and, coupled with the on-board educational programme, they have had an unforgettable and Srare travel experience - polar exploring from the comfort of an air-conditioned 747. Choose from 5 seating options Antarctica is a vast island continent, lying remote at the First Class/Business Class extremities of the earth. It is twice the size of Australia and All seats will be window or aisle with no rotation. There are no centre seats sold. is the last remaining wilderness continent on earth. It consists of magnificent polar plateaux, vast mountain ranges and Economy Class - Premium expanses of permanent ice four kilometres deep which never There will be four seats on each side of the aircraft in melt. Come with us, see Antarctica and you could have the the economy section, not over the wing area and will be best day flight of your life. rotated at the half way point with similar seats. Each passenger will have a window seat or the seat next to a window seat for half of the flight. Uieming There has never been a problem with viewing as passengers Economy Class - Standard are encouraged to move around the aircraft and share the scenic These will be the four seats on each side of the aircraft in the economy section but will be over the wing area and viewing. The aircraft will fly "figure 8's" over various points will be rotated at the half way point with similar seats. of interest to allow these spectacular sights to be viewed on Each passenger will have a window seat or seat next to a both sides of the aircraft. window seat for half of the flight. Economy Class-Centre These seats will be two middle seats in the centre of the aircraft in the economy section and will not be rotated. FIRST BUSINESS ECONOMY ECONOMY ECONOMY CLASS CLASS CLASS CLASS CLASS (Premium) (Standard) (Centre) $4659.°° $3949.<>0 $2775.°o $2189.0° $1835.oo FLIGHT DRY DEPARTURE DEPARTURE DEPARTS RETURNS PACKAGE INCLUDES N o . D A T E C I T V • Return economy class airfare to either 1 Sun 30 Nov 97 Melbourne 8.30am 8.00pm 2 Sun 28 Dec 97 Sydney 8.00am 8.30pm Sydney or Melbourne 3* Wed 31 Dec 97 Melbourne 5.00pm 4.30am • 2 nights accommodation 4 Sun 04 Jan 98 Sydney 8.00am 8.30pm • Antarctic Flight 6 Sun 18 Jan 98 Sydney 8.00am 8.30pm 7 Sun 25 Jan 98 Melbourne 8.30am 8.00pm • Special conditions apply 8 Sun 01 Feb 98 Sydney 8.00am 8.30pm 9 Sun 08 Feb 98 Sydney 8.00am 8.30pm 10 Sun 15 Feb 98 Melbourne 8.30am 8.00pm (Scheduled Departure/Arrival times may vary Inn will he confirmed well in advance) * Surcharge ofAUl)$200.00 applies an New Years Eve flights ^ Budget Travel Special Conditions 72 Branches Nationwide All Hights and services are subject to availability. E Mail: budgettravel.co.nz Price based on share twin accommodation. Prices arc subject to exchange rate fluctuations. This flyer was correct at time of printing but is subject to change. A non-refundable deposit of $300.00 per person is due at time of reservation. All bookings must be paid in full 42 days prior to departure; bookings received inside 42 days must be paid in full immediately. Mandatory departure tax of AUDS27 per person is additional. Agent to book Trans Tasman QF 'K' Class (can book cheaper fare if applicable). All costs in New Zealand dollars, unless slated otherwise. Antarctic fe^Fr Contents > ■ • • : ■■ ttrnPrJ j Forthcoming Events Cover Story 21st Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting Tourism News Modest Rise in Antarctic Temperatures Higher Toxin Levels in Seabirds New Data on Ozone Hole Cover: The 21st Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting. Christchurch Convention Centre. Photo courtesy of The Press. National Programmes New Zealand — Re-mapping the Ross By Tim Higham United States Volume 15, No. 2, Issue No.161, 1997 Italy United Kingdom ANTARCTIC is published quarterly by the New Zealand Antarctic Australia Society Inc., ISSN 0003-5327. Please address all editorial inquiries and contributions to Antarctic New Zealand Antarctic Society Bulletin, P O Box 404, Christchurch or Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Scott Base telephone 03 365 0344, facsimile 03 365 4255, e-mail [email protected]. Tribute Geoffrey Markham *m*m*~" \\ ANTARCTICA Historical "^ Riddle of the Antarctic Peninsula - Part III ,/ !!»!.*.! m<0 ■ . by D. E. Yelverton 40 Years Ago '"a r; in.ii<i>it>iti Part III by Margaret Bradshazv '■fp^M y r - y ™f iT^v "C**A * Book Reviews ,-*-~T'"" r/^ss£s Terra Incognita A Year on Ice p ! »««."ii"~*s2S" r Letter to the Editor JlUg <*.•« tan ■/ /_*rEX. K \ ANTARCTIC \ />sJL PENINSULA _^i FORTHCOMING EVENTS \ / HkvivK MM - •tWJ i 27 October — 7 November 1997 KING GEORGE XVI CCAMLR Meeting. Hobart, Australia. , I S L A N D / A April 1998 Antarctic Futures Workshop. Christchurch, New Zealand. SCALE (Run by Antarctica New Zealand — current & future patterns of tourist 9 m BUM aatwci o o c a r v i m I ,*-*•! CM*| CM*f ro~i W«! & science-related business). Vol 15 No. 2, 1997 Antarctic ANTARCTIC TREATY REPORT Treaty Nations Confront Major Issues - ith the remoteness of The Treaty consul / Antarctica under challenge as tations took place never before, the 21st against the backdrop Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting at of an outbreak of Christchurch, New Zealand, has put illegal fishing in the some major issues squarely before vast Southern Ocean. , member nations. T h i s m o d e r n - d a y Tourism is now a significant human equivah activity on the ice and, apart from rush" threatens the "«8atft$te^ fishing, is the principal commercial inter-generational enterprise in the Antarctic Treaty area, survival of the says New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Patagonian toothfish, Affairs & Trade. Around 9000 tourists one of Antarctica's visited Antarctica in 1995-96, double the oldest fish. This deep ] number of five years earlier. water species is a The early winter meeting by represen massive specimen, tatives of 26 nations that undertake sometimes up to 2 **-* --,^—'--.' . ,, scientific programmes in the continental metres long and up to area has increased public awareness of 65 pounds in weight, i . j j i S c o t t B a s e . a n Antarctica and flagged a wider range of and is regarded by Scott Base . .. an integral part of Nero Zealand s Ross Dependency presence. issues. These include environment and elements of the global fishingg industryindustry as as Protocol on Environmental Protection tourism issues, fishing controls, manage a rich target. which allows freedom of scientific ment of specially protected areas and Not surprising when, thei PatagonianPatagonian research whilst protecting the environ- monuments, global climate change and toothfish fetches a top pricei ofof betweenbetween ment. The problem is that the protocol is spread of plant and animal diseases. USS5000-S7000 a tonne fromn markets inin unreal until ratified by all Treaty states, a "Unresolved sovereignty claims and East Asia, and the USA. process that is now stretching into 1998. jurisdictional matters have crowded Several nations have acceptedipted regularegula- To improve the prospects of eventual agendas and stifled debate in the past" tion on fishing and have signedsigned thethe success, the Christchurch meeting spent says New Zealand's associate Minister of Convention on the Conservation;ervation ofof considerable time agreeing on the Foreign Affairs, Simon Upton, urging Antarctic Marine Living ResourcesResources protocol procedures and in drawing up faster consideration of key issues by (CCAMLR). Sources say thatit notnot allall feel feel rules to ensure the protocol's implemen- Treaty nations. Antarctica is a special obliged to honour the convention.mtion. PiratePirate tation doesn't bog down. place," says Upton. "Many people fleets allegedly operate outside thethe Some 260 officials from 43 countries would like to visit this vast, icy, conti convention with near impunity.tity. met at the new Christchurch Convention nent which is the coldest, driest, and The 1996 CCAMLR meetingsting setset the the Centre to map out the future of highest place in the world." total allowable catch for toothfishDthfish in inall all Antarctica. Increasingly, many people are now parts of the Southern Oceanan atat 23,000 23,000 Of the 17 non-consultative parties, 13 able to do so, he notes. But as more tonnes but estimates of illegalal harvestingharvesting attended the meeting. Shortly before the people visit the continent the risks of suggest that the figure is nearly four start of ATCM XXI, Bulgaria advised the environmental damage also increase. times higher. Antarctic Treaty Depository State ( the Concerned at the growth in visits, New The need to protect Antarctica'srctica's envienvi- United States) of its interest in achieving Zealand has released guidelines for visi ronment is not an issue; whenA'hen TreatyTreaty consultative party status, tors to the Ross Sea Dependency, an area nations met at Madrid, Spain,lain, in in1991 1991 Treaty members determined that a receiving some 800 visitors annually. they agreed on the Antarcticirctic TreatvTreaty condition of such status would be ratifi- New Zealand Pursues Policy Initiatives over Ross Sea New Zealand launched three special policy initiatives at The initiatives for a large-scale Ross Sea region ASMA and the Treaty meeting: for a Ross Sea Region environment report helped drive the momentum for a Committee for Environmental Protection. - a proposal for a Ross Sea region as a large-scale New Zealand will undertake some intersessional work on the framework for a reporting project that will cover the Antarctic Specially Managed Area.
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