The Obsolete Legacy of Antarctica

... In the 1920s, five Arctic states split the Arctic into sectors and so became the five Arctic powers, with the Antarctic situation seemingly developing along the same lines. Arctic Failure In the 1920s, five Arctic states (Canada, the Soviet Union, Norway, Denmark and the United States) split the Arctic into sectors and so became the five Arctic powers, with the Antarctic situation seemingly developing along the same lines [2] . Claims for the Antarctic ran as follows: Great Britain that in 1908 declared the establishment of the British Antarctic Territory between longitudes 20°W and 80°W [3] . New ...