Martin Altmann pondered: “Besides... I have some ideas (sorry, happens from time to time):
Could it be also a reason for Antarctic meteorites never can't be traded, that according the Antarctic treaties, none of the governments involved in Antarctic hunts can't get ownership in these meteorites?” For a discussion of the politics of doing science in Antarctic, there is a delightful article. It is: Naylor, S., M. Siegert, K. Dean and s. Turchetti, 2008, Science, geopolitics and the governance of Antarctica. Nature Geoscience. vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 143 – 145. doi:10.1038/ngeo138 http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v1/n3/index.html#fe Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

