#248 | The Antarctic Treaty
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The International Geophysical Year - A Scientific Collaboration in the Antarctic
In 19 53, 32 royal marines british soldiers descended from a british warship on deception island. The two argentinian sailors who were present on the island were captured and destroyed. Britoin filed claims with the international court of justice declaring the territorial claims of argentina and chile in the antarctic and sub antarctic to be invalid. But who actually owned this island? What laws applied? Clearly, something had to be done. As international tensions over antarctic began to boil dangerously high, an international scientific project called the international geophysical year managed to turn the tide in the antarectic. 67 countries took part in collaborative experiments lasting from july
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