Antarctica: an inchoate threat to New Zealand’s Security: implications for national policy and the Armed Services

• Main Author: Gibbs, Denis Richard
• Other Authors: Smith, Ron C.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Waikato 2023
• Subjects: Antarctica; International relations; New Zealand national security; Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Arctic Ocean; New Zealand; Ross Dependency; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/15986

National interest has always exerted a significant influence over the geopolitical affairs of Antarctica. During the first half of the twentieth century national interest was fuelled by the inimical politics of whaling, which of itself created tension amongst those states that had a presence on the...