America on the ice. Antarctic policy issues

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6673224

Klotz, F G

Partial contents include: (1) Antarctica Before the Treaty, rival territorial claims--cold war dimension--international geophysical year--conference on Antarctica; (2) The Antarctic Treaty System, duration--scope--an arms control agreement--a claims settlement-a science compact--an administrative framework--recommendations--convention for the conservation of Antarctic seals--convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources; (3) Challenges to the Antarctic Treaty System; Antarctic resources--participation in Antarctic policymaking--The sovereignty time bomb; (4) U.S. Interests in the Antarctic and Current U.S. Policy, and the U.S. Antarctic Program, scientific activities--Antarctic stations--logistics support--managing the logistics program--maintaining and influential American presence in the years ahead.

• Research Organization: National Defense Univ., Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6673224
• Report Number(s): AD-A-259873/8/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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