Robert Swan, explorer, meets Thatcher
- Title
- Robert Swan, explorer, meets Thatcher
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
- TX Date
- 19 May 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:01:59
- Description
- Press interview outside Downing Street with British explorer Robert Swan, following his meeting with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, after his journey to both poles to examine the effects of pollution and damage done by the hole in the ozone layer. He says the Prime Minister believed his efforts had given human interest to what she was trying to achieve. The female reporter is not identified; the male interviewer is Michael O’Neill.
- Contributors
- Michael O’Neill; Robert Swan
- Keywords
- Margaret Thatcher; Prime ministers; Air pollution; Geographical exploration; Ozone depletion; Antarctic exploration; Ozone; Resources exploration
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