Territorial claims are not recognised, disputed or established by the Treaty, and no new claims are to be asserted. Realising the importance of continuing international Antarctic collaboration at the end of the IGY, it was decided that there was a need for further international organisation of scie...
The 1959 Antarctic Treaty preserves the status quo of the continent by neither recognizing nor rejecting the claims of these countries and by not allowing expansion in any way on the continent.Antarctica currently has no economic activity apart from offshore fishing and tourism, and these are ...
Recent effort to provide additional protection and conservation measures in response to predicted population declines associated with projected sea ice loss have been partially successful but have failed at the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting10. Five known emperor penguin colonies occur in the central...
deployment date, device type, individual animal identifier) were checked for missing values. When the data contributors could not provide missing deployment dates, the
Fortuna Bay which is located on the north coast of South Georgia Island was our first shore landing, and from the moment that I set foot in it, I was lost for words. It was not only because of the grand vistas that I’ve laid my eyes on but also because of the thousands of elepha...
Ever since the signing of the Antarctic Treaty by the 12 original members, other nations have either signed on as consultative members (those engaging in active research) or accedent members (those without active research but whose government agrees to abide by the treaty). As of 1996, there ...
Dont like to bring the subject up as he is dyed in the wool Paris treaty fanatic and views me as Satan spawn oil company shill, and most of my family hate me because of my sceptic mindset so best let them stew in their own juices. I.e. Let myself be bullied into silence to keep...
Puchalski grave, which is listed as an HSM-51 (Historic Site or Monument) by the Antarctic Treaty System. As mentioned in the article [14], on the spot, the respective densities of C. quitensis CQ and D. antarctica DA are in the range of 70–200 and 20–150 individuals m−2−...
There is growing interest in uncovering the viral diversity present in wild animal species. The remote Antarctic region is home to a wealth of uncovered microbial diversity, some of which is associated with its megafauna, including penguin species, the d
All research was conducted under Antarctic Treaty permits issued by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to British Antarctic Survey. Experiments were conducted on marine invertebrate species not protected under the UK Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 and although ethical approval wa...