TALLINN UNIVERISTY OF TEHCNOLOGY School of Business and Governance Department of Law Emmanuel Isiedo Uwuchukwu WHO OWNS ANTARCTICA: GOVERNING THE SOUTHERNMOST CONTINENT AT THE END OF TREATY SYSTEM Bachelor’s thesis Programme: International Relations Supervisor: Vlad Alex Vernygora, MA Tallinn 2019 I declare that I have compiled the paper independently and all works, important standpoints and data by other authors have been properly referenced and the same paper has not been previously been presented for grading. The document length is ……….. words from the introduction to the end of conclusion. Emmanuel Uwuchukwu …………………………… (signature, date) Student code:166334TASB Student e-mail address:
[email protected] Supervisor: Vlad Vernygora, MA; The paper conforms to requirements in force …………………………………………… (signature, date) Co-supervisor: The paper conforms to requirements in force …………………………………………… (signature, date) Chairman of the Defence Committee: Permitted to the defence ………………………………… (name, signature, date) TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................... 4 LIST OF ABBREVATIONS ........................................................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 6 1. HISTORICAL PRE-CONDITIONS OF THE ANTARTIC TREATY .................................... 10 1.1. The International