However, this discovery raises numerous questions, as the Antarctic Treaty prohibits any economic exploitation of the continent until 2048. If the reserve proves extractable, it could lead to ...

For over six decades peace on the frozen land mass has been kept by the Antarctic Treaty, an agreement signed in 1959 at the height of the cold war that established it as a demilitarised ...

Antarctica Day was inaugurated in 2010 to celebrate the 1st December 1959 signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which was adopted “with the interests of science and the progress of all mankind.” ...