From: "Dave Bresnahan" <answer2@passport.ivv.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: Are there big corporations or factories there?
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 13:40:24 -0400

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From: onair@passport.ivv.nasa.gov <onair@passport.ivv.nasa.gov>
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 1:33 PM
Subject: Are there big corporations or factories there?


>Yolanda M. asks this Question:
>
>Are there big corporations or factories there?
>
>
>Answer:
>
>No not in the Antarctic.  The only significant commercial activity
currently is tourism.  About 9,000 tourist visit Antarctica each austral
summer.