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Looking at the Falkland Islands from Antarctica: the broader regional perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Peter J. Beck
Peter J. Beck
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Faculty of Human Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2EE
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Abstract

A range of geographical, political, legal, economic, scientific, environmental, and other inter-connections can be drawn between the Falkland Islands and Antarctica. One common element concerns the fact that both areas remain the subject of long-standing dispute between Argentina and Britain. In the past, various attempts have been made to present Antarctic experience as the basis for action in the Falklands question, most notably, as part of the search for a resolution of the Anglo-Argentine impasse regarding sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas. A number of proposed linkages are examined, although, admittedly, it is easier to pose questions than to provide answers. Nevertheless, the proposals articulate the merits of viewing the Falkland Islands in a wider regional context, defined as covering the archipelago, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica, and possibly South America.

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Polar Record , Volume 30 , Issue 174 , July 1994 , pp. 167 - 180
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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