From Sovereignty to Guardianship

An open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licenceAntarctica is the coldest, windiest, driest, and highest continent in the world, so it is no wonder that it has been painted as exceptional in geographic and climatic terms. But not only that: Antarctica is also seen as exceptional politically. Since the Antarctic Treaty came into force in 1961, it has been un...