La construction territoriale de têtes de ponts antarctiques rivales : Ushuaia (Argentine) et Punta Arenas (Chili)

• Published in: L’Espace Politique
• Main Author: Sylvain Guyot
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Université de Reims Champagne-Ardennes 2012
• Subjects: frontier; gateway; bridgehead; nationalism; territorial control; Ushuaia; Political science; J; Political science (General); JA1-92; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Argentina; Argentine; Antarc*; Antarctique*; antartic*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/espacepolitique.2466; https://doaj.org/article/1543157ae00f431a9143a1376023b479

Ushuaia and Punta Arenas are the southernmost cities in their belonging countries, Argentina and Chile. They have played the role of frontier towns in the process of consolidation and legitimation of these austral national territories located in the periphery of South America. During the last fifty...