Brian Roberts and the origins of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Heavens, Steve
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2016
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; Hankey; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Record; Scott Polar Research Institute
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247416000292; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247416000292

ABSTRACT During his lifetime and beyond, Brian Roberts was often thought to be the éminence grise of the UK's Antarctic policy and also of the founding of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty. Documentary evidence of his influence has, however, been conspicuously absent, due in part to the closure of rele...