الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية و الاتحاد السوفيتي و صراع السيادة على القارة القطبية الجنوبية (1947-1959م)‎

Abstract EN

Despite the cruel nature and the hard Climate that characterize Antarctica, this distant area of the earth in the South has become a cold conflict arena –sometimes heat- between the super powers, which claim their respective rights to a portion of Antarctica.

This conflict is not only restricted to the countries adjacent to the South Pole, but other countries have also joined this in search for interests in this area which has an important strategic nature.

The uninvested mineral resources in Antarctica have provided a strong incentive for mining after World War II.

This has forced the United States to find diplomatic solution to determine the sovereignty issue on Antarctica Treaty in December 1959.

This treaty was a mild deviation the Cold War conflict between USA and USSR.

This last world continent has given way to peaceful and scientific international cooperation and turned it to a "peace and science continent".

This research starts with the year 1947 that witnessed the earliest American attempt to resolve the issue of the sovereignty conflicts over Antarctica through subjecting it to the United States Trusteeship, and concluded with the year 1959 which witnessed the signing of Antarctica Treaty System that has removed this case from the arena on international conflict.