The U.S. conducted its first inspection of a Chinese Antarctic station in six years to verify it was being peacefully used.

Explore China's proposed Antarctic Activities and Environmental Protection Law and its implications for governance and environmental protection in Antarctica.

Antarctica is about the size of the United States and Mexico combined, yet no one owns it. But that doesn’t mean it’s free for the taking. The 1959 Antarctic Treaty forbids claiming land there, but 7 ...

Polar experts say the US president's approach to Greenland forebodes how the US might behave, if it turned its eyes south.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China has drafted a law on Antarctic affairs, as Beijing looks to protect its interests and strengthen its role in the governance ...

British Forces Islands, BFSAI, stationed at the Falkland Islands have completed Operation ‘Austral Endurance’, strengthening ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica Sanders covers climate justice and sustainability from the DMV. In April, I reported on the fight for Antarctica and the ...

Foreword / Prince Albert II of Monaco -- Preface / Paul Arthur Berkman [and others] -- Science as a tool of diplomacy. Building the international legal framework for Antarctica / Marie Jacobsson -- ...

Letters: Rupert Read, Andrew Boswell, Nick Brooks and Bridget McKenzie look to the Antarctic treaty to find a way forward for the high north. Plus letters from Dee Cook, Glyn Ford and others ...