Lore and law: environmental factors in the Ross Sea region

Lore and law: environmental factors in the Ross Sea region. Lincoln University researchers suspected something more than law was motivating people to protect the Antarctic environment and were keen to explore the degree to which values influence behaviour. They surveyed and interviewed field scientists on the ice and discovered an unwritten lore that had never before been explored in this unusual environment. People protect Antarctica not so much because of the law, but because they have strong pro-environmental values and beliefs that it should remain as it is for future generations. Project: Lore and law: environmental factors in the Ross Sea region. Researchers: Dr Gary Steel, Dr Emma Stewart, Erin Nufield.