Antarctica
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Constitution
- Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty (U.S. Dept. of State) "Note 2: Antarctica consists of the territory south of 60 degrees south latitude. This area includes claims by Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the legal status of which remains in suspense under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty of 1959. The United States recognizes no claims to Antarctica."
Executive
- Antarctic Treaty (U.S. Dept. of State) December 1, 1959; entered into force June 23, 1961
- Antarctic Treaty of 1959 (Antarctic Treaty Secretariat)
- Antarctic Treaty Database
- United States Antarctic Resource Center
- Australian Antarctic Division
Legislative
- Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (U.S. National Science Foundation) in PDF; as of October 1995
- Antarctic Conservation, 16 U.S.C. §2401 et seq. via GPO FdSys, U.S. House, or Cornell
- Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention, 16 U.S.C. §2431 et seq. via GPO FDsys, US House, or Cornell
- Antarctic Mineral Resources Protection, 16 U.S.C. §2461 et seq. via GPO FDsys, US House, or Cornell
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Antarctica (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- Antarctic Treaty - Background Information (Brtish Antarctic Survey)
- WashLaw: Antarctica (Washburn University Law Library)
General Sources
- Cold Regions Bibliography (Library of Congress) 1999-2000 project
- Places in the News: Antarctica (Library of Congress)
- Antarctica Bibliography (American Geological Institute)
- Byrd Polar Research Center
- NEWS: Antarctic Sun; Antarctican
- SPRILIB Antarctica (University of Cambridge, Scott Polar Research Institute)
- World Factbook: Antarctica (US Central Intelligence Agency)
- Yahoo: Antarctica
Last Updated: 03/17/2012
