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The way to the Antarctic Treaty: System of rules in times of global conflict

Part of: 60th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2020

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U. Rack*
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Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Abstract

In 1940, a PhD was published in Germany about the claiming behaviour of several countries and the whaling industry in Antarctica. It shows already at this time that a need for regulation on that issue was required. The intertwined relationships between the claiming nations demanded an overarching framework where these complex issues could be managed. This paper elaborates on the state of the claiming parties before the 1940s and will demonstrate that the development for a comprehensive regulation was the only way to avoid a global conflict. The doctoral thesis from 1940 will be the focal point of the discussion.

Keywords

Antarctic TreatyGerman thesis from 1940World War IIClaims
Type
Review Article
Information
Polar Record , Volume 55 , Issue 5 , September 2019 , pp. 320 - 322
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2020 

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Footnotes

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This article is based on research for a poster presentation at the SCAR-OSC Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, 2018.

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