I have a new avatar image. These two #penguins are on the cover of Janet Martin-Nielsen's new book about #France and #Antarctica - "A Few Acres of Ice: Environment, Sovereignty, and Grandeur in the French Antarctic"
These two penguins first appeared on a French postage stamp from Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises (#TAAF).
Science and postage stamps are novel ways to exercise sovereignty where claims are disputed or contested.
#envHist #histodon #scihist
http://janet.martin-nielsen.ca/antarctica/