Soviet Attitude Towards the Acquisition of Territorial Sovereignty in the Antarctic

• Published in: American Journal of International Law
• Main Author: Toma, Peter A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1956
• Subjects: Law; Political Science and International Relations; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2195509; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0002930000175530

The Antarctic Continent, with its wind- and snow-swept islands, appears at first sight an uninviting prize for international competition. Yet in the past fifty years, and notably after the second World War, claims and counterclaims to sovereignty over these bleak lands have been numerous. In a chronological order Soviet Bussia is considered to be the most recent among the rivals.