Saturday, June 23, 2007
This Day in the History of Meaningless Gestures
On this day in 1961, The Antarctic Treaty, signed by twelve nations in 1959, finally took effect. The treaty guaranteed that the continent of Antarctica would be used for peaceful, scientific purposes only. Britain, Chile and Argentina, however, have overlapping claims to pie shaped pieces of the frozen continent. The success of the treaty (marred slightly in 1982 at South Georgia Island) has been largely because it's just too freakin' cold there to fight.
Labels: Antarctic Treaty
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:18 AM 
