Screen LibraryAntarctica : the battle for the seventh continent /
"The thawing Antarctic continent offers living space and marine and mineral resources that were previously inaccessible. This book discusses how revisiting the Antarctic Treaty System and dividing up the continent preemptively could spare the world serious conflict. The Antarctic Treaty and rel...
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| Published: |
Praeger,
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| Publisher Address: | Santa Barbara, California : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"The thawing Antarctic continent offers living space and marine and mineral resources that were previously inaccessible. This book discusses how revisiting the Antarctic Treaty System and dividing up the continent preemptively could spare the world serious conflict. The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements--collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS)--regulate the seventh continent, which is the only continent without a native human population. The main treaty within the ATS came into force in 1961 and suspended all territorial claims in Antarctica. The Antarctic Environmental |
| Carrier Form: | x, 320 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-307) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781440848032 (hardback) : 1440848033 (hardback) 9781440848049 (eisbn) 1440848041 (eisbn) |
| Index Number: | GE160 |
| CLC: |
N816.61 X-116.61 |
| Call Number: | X-116.61/A135 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- The case for Antarctica -- Who owns Antarctica? -- The conquest : science and minerals -- An Antarctic economy : lessons from the melting Arctic -- Lines in the ice : an orderly division of Antarctica -- Toward greater environmental protection in Antarctica -- The world is not waiting for 2048 -- Appendix 1: The Antarctic Treaty -- Appendix 2: The Svalbard Treaty. |