Antarctica: Keeping Conflict on Ice
The Antarctic Treaty, signed 50 years ago, kept the cold continent out ofthe Cold War and fostered collaboration on scientific research. The world now faces a different challenge as climate change affects this vast region, writes Peter J. Beck.
In November 2007 Ban Ki- moon made the first-ever visit to Antarctica by a United Nations Secretary-General. He reported that 'what I found was a place that would probably be unrecognisable to the likes of Robert Scott or Ernest Shackleton':
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