Some reflections on the Antarctic Treaty

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Baker, F.W.G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2009
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Steeple; Antarc*; Antarctica; International Polar Year; IPY; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247409990209; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247409990209

2009 brings not only the 50th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty but also the end of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) and of its extension into the period of International Geophysical Cooperation (IGC 1959). It is also the 133rd anniversary of K. Weyprecht's suggestion that initiated t...