Antarctic Geopolitics
A Continent of 14 million square kilometres, surrounded by a Southern Ocean of 35 million square kilometres. A Continent beyond generally recognised national territorial jurisdiction (but 7 claimants and 2 semi-claimants). An ocean which is therefore “High Seas’ right up to the coast of Antarctica....
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University of Canterbury. Gateway Antarctica
2016
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/13203 |
Summary: | A Continent of 14 million square kilometres, surrounded by a Southern Ocean of 35 million square kilometres. A Continent beyond generally recognised national territorial jurisdiction (but 7 claimants and 2 semi-claimants). An ocean which is therefore “High Seas’ right up to the coast of Antarctica. A form of collective governance under the Antarctic Treaty System, whose roots go back 57 years. Control, access and acceptability of resources exploitation. |
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