Polar territorial and maritime sovereignty in the twenty-first century

Polar sovereignty was a relatively dormant issue in the second half of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, there remain on-going sovereignty tensions, which if not managed have the potential to erupt into significant international disputes with implications reaching well beyond Antarctica and the A...

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Main Author: Rothwell, Donald R
Format: Book Part
Language:unknown
Published: Cambridge University Press
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1885/13464
https://doi.org/10.1007/CBO9781107360075.010
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Summary:Polar sovereignty was a relatively dormant issue in the second half of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, there remain on-going sovereignty tensions, which if not managed have the potential to erupt into significant international disputes with implications reaching well beyond Antarctica and the Arctic.