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Discovery, exploration and conservation of Antarctica
… and gaining access to its remote regions. An impressive international treaty on its use for peaceful purposes and protection has developed since the mid-20th century. … the people at that time believed there must be a massive continent to balance the land masses they knew in the northern hemisphere. They called this unknown continent … In the 1980s the Consultative Parties attempted to establish regulations on mineral resource activities in Antarctica. Environmental groups such as Greenpeace and World …