Emily's imformation report

Antarctic treaty information report
By Emily

Did you know? That Antarctica has something called the Antarctic Treaty and it is also known as the ATS system.

The Antarctic Treaty was signed by 12 nations in 1959 in Washington DC.The Antarctic treaty was also signed during the cold war. But know only seven countries have decided to claim pieces of Antarctica. There is one piece of Antarctica that is unclaimed.

The seven countries that claim pieces of Antarctica are Australia, New Zealand, Norway, France, Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom. No single nation owns Antarctica. Australia claims the most of Antarctica. Australia claims 42 percent of Antarctica.no other claims can be made today.

Every year the Diplomats and the scientists meet together to improve the Antarctic Treaty at meetings. At the meetings some rules can become tighter or stricter they may even agree to make new rules. In 1964, an agreement was made to protect natural areas, plants and animal life in Antarctica.




In the Antarctic Treaty there are things called Provisions. Provisions are statements that they have made that are like their aims. These are some provisions.-Antarctica will be used for peaceful use only.
That Antarctica doesn’t become international conflict.
Antarctica will not be used for any weapon testing or nuclear explosions.
The stations, ships and aircrafts that are traveling across the seas will have to be opened for inspections.
And that there will be complete freedom for scientific investigation.

The governments of Australia, Argentina, Belguim , japan, New Zealand, Norway and many more have recognized that Antarctica is in the interest of all man kind that if the Antarctic Treaty continues on then Antarctica will continue on forever as well.