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The Origin and Fate of Artefacts Stranded on Islands in the African Sector of the Southern Ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Peter G. Ryan
Peter G. Ryan
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Scientific Officer, FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa.
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The ever-increasing amount of marine debris in the Southern Ocean gives cause for concern, but the subject is little studied. I surveyed beaches on Tristan da Cunha, Inaccessible, Gough, and the Prince Edward Islands, in the African sector of the Southern Ocean, for stranded artefacts during 1984. The types of debris, their origin, and probable fate, were recorded and are reported in this paper.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , Winter 1987 , pp. 341 - 346
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1987

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