A ‘sort’ of self-denial: United States policy toward the Antarctic, 1950–59

Abstract United States policy toward the Antarctic in the 1950s culminated in the treaty that bears the continent's name — the same treaty that continues to govern relations in the far south. Washington succeeded in promoting the admirable objectives of scientific advancement and international...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Moore, Jason Kendall
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2001
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Escudero
Antarc*
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400026711
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400026711 2024-03-03T08:39:00+00:00 A ‘sort’ of self-denial: United States policy toward the Antarctic, 1950–59 Moore, Jason Kendall 2001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400026711 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400026711 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 37, issue 200, page 13-26 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2001 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400026711 2024-02-08T08:48:19Z Abstract United States policy toward the Antarctic in the 1950s culminated in the treaty that bears the continent's name — the same treaty that continues to govern relations in the far south. Washington succeeded in promoting the admirable objectives of scientific advancement and international cooperation. In doing so, it also forfeited what many officials believed to be the more important objective of formalizing a national sovereignty claim to halt further erosion of the rights associated with its mammoth expeditions. Trapped by having repeated their non-claimancy, nonrecognition policy, which Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes had announced in 1924, US officials scrambled for alternatives. They finally chose to formalize their policy-making paralysis, rather than a claim, by proposing a treaty that called for a political status quo moratorium, in accord with the Chilean Escudero Plan. That decision impressed some experts as unwise, but it was sufficiently expedient to win the signatures needed for ratification. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Polar Record Cambridge University Press Antarctic The Antarctic Escudero ENVELOPE(-64.817,-64.817,-67.317,-67.317) Polar Record 37 200 13 26
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Geography, Planning and Development
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