Guest editor Anthony Bergin Here’s Australia’s Antarctic scorecard: We claim 42% of Antarctica – an area roughly the size of Australia minus Queensland We’ve been there for over a century, and one of Antarctica’s greatest …
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Australia has a range of interests in Antarctica. Preserving our sovereignty over our Antarctic territory remains a fundamental interest. Since 1936, Australia has claimed 42% of Antarctica. Our claim, including extensive offshore areas, gives us …
Our Antarctic claim is about the size of Australia, minus Queensland. So it’s pleasing to see that the new Asian Century White Paper gave a decent acknowledgement to the cold continent (p. 248): The development …