The Obsolete Legacy of Antarctica

... [1] . As a result, diverging approaches to both the Arctic and Antarctic complicate Russian diplomacy. In the 1920s, five Arctic states split the Arctic into sectors and... ... 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... ... special administrative entity – the French Southern and Antarctic Territories. Germany that in 1939 declared the creation of New Swabia between longitudes 10°W...