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1 54 A.J.I.L. 476 (I960); 402 U.N. Treaty Series 71. The present note is an amplification of a point raised in my article “The White Desert,” 19 Int. and Comp. Law Q. 229, 237-239 (1970).
2 “Canada's Arctic Archipelago: Icy Sovereignty Question,” Auckland Star, Oct. 8, 1969.
3 First Report, Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development, House of Commons, Canada, 2d. Sess. (1969) 7.
4 H. Barnes, “Chance of Wealth for Greenland,” Auckland Star, Oct. 27, 1969.
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8 W. Herbert, A World of Men 231 (1968).
9 C. H. Grattan, The Southwest Pacific since 1900, p. 662 (1963). Art. IV states: “1. Nothing contained in the present Treaty shall be interpreted as: (a) a renunciation by any Contracting Party of previously asserted rights of or claims to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica; (b) a renunciation or diminution by any Contracting Party of any basis of claim to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica which it may have whether as a result of its activities or those of its nationals in Antarctica, or otherwise; (c) prejudicing the position of any Contracting Party as regards its recognition or non-recognition of any other State's right of or claim or basis of claim - to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica. “2. No acts or activities taking place while the present Treaty is in force shall constitute a basis for asserting, supporting or denying a claim to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica or create any rights of sovereignty in Antarctica. No new claim, or enlargement of an existing claim, to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica shall be asserted while the present Treaty is in force.“
10 U.S. Department of State, The Conference on Antarctica 31 (Pub. 7060, 1960).
11 Ibid. 26.
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19 2 Whiteman 1249 (1963).
20 Martin v. C.I.R., 50 T.C. No. 9; 63 A.J.I.L. 141 (1969).
21 Rear Admiral Abbott quoted by D. Ballantyne, “When Hardy Souls go South,” Auckland Star, Deo. 18, 1967.
22 Auburn, note 1 above, at 256.
23 D. Braxton, The Abominable Snow-Women (1969).
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26 L. M. Gould, The Polar Regions in Their Relation to Human Affairs 31 (1958).
27 Cong. Rec. (Sen.) (Aug. 8, 1960) 15982.
28 O. Pinochet de la Barra, La Antartica Chilena 139 (1948).
