The Antarctic Settlement of 1959

• Published in: American Journal of International Law
• Main Author: Hayton, Robert D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1960
• Subjects: Law; Political Science and International Relations; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2195252; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S000293000017099X

The Antarctic is no longer the virtual unknown of story and legend. Though it will undoubtedly remain a frontier—as much of Alaska has remained a frontier—one consequence of the International Geophysical Year is that policy and operational affairs of the South Polar Regions have gradually become almost “orthodox,” that is, handled on a daily basis by government officials and institutions in the near-normal manner of dealing with any matter in modern bureaucracy and research.