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British Antarctic interest

The strategic and economic reasons motivating Britain's interest in the Antarctic are spelt out in this 1920 dispatch from London to Lord Liverpool, governor-general of New Zealand.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference: G48 Box 1 A/3

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Nigel Roberts, 'Antarctica and New Zealand - The Ross Dependency', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/zoomify/37195/british-antarctic-interest (accessed 17 April 2024)

Story by Nigel Roberts, published 20 Jun 2012