By Daniela Liggett, University of Canterbury in Chris
CHRISTCHURCH: nfo) The COVID-19 pandemic showed that Antarctica’s isolation and remoteness cannot protect it from events in the rest of the world.
Antarctica has long operated by a different set of rules – a place apart from the turbulence of geopolitics.
The continent’s distance, isolation and extreme environment are one reason for this. But it’s also by design: the 1959 Antarctic Treaty declared the region would be used for scientific research and peaceful purposes only.
