Richard Martin-Nielsen<p>How flightless birds, among other things, undid an airstrip:<br>“Quickly, however, the airstrip met with opposition from environmental groups who argued that it would destroy important nesting grounds for Adélie <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/penguins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>penguins</span></a>, snowy and giant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/petrels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petrels</span></a>, Cape pigeons, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fulmars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fulmars</span></a>, and also disrupt the nearby Emperor penguin colony.”<br>From <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JanetMartinNielsen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMartinNielsen</span></a>’s article “Environment and Sovereignty in the Antarctic: The Terre Adelie Airstrip”, 2022<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TAAF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TAAF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistSci</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldPenguinDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPenguinDay</span></a><br><a href="https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/10.1484/J.JHES.5.134043" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">brepolsonline.net/doi/10.1484/</span><span class="invisible">J.JHES.5.134043</span></a></p>