Common interests in the international space of Antarctica

The Antarctic Treaty was adopted by twelve nations in Washington, DC on 1 December 1959 with the interests of science and the progress of all mankind. Seven of these nations asserted territorial claims, including the overlapping claims of Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom in the Antarctic Peni...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Berkman, Paul Arthur
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2009
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Argentina
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247409990222
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247409990222
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Summary:The Antarctic Treaty was adopted by twelve nations in Washington, DC on 1 December 1959 with the interests of science and the progress of all mankind. Seven of these nations asserted territorial claims, including the overlapping claims of Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom in the Antarctic Peninsula. The five other nations were non-claimants, including the United States and Soviet Union (now Russian Federation), which reserved rights to press claims in the future.

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