# Antarctic Treaty & Research

Know that Antarctica is governed by the Antarctic Treaty (signed 1959, in force since 1961) — which sets Antarctica aside for peaceful purposes and scientific research, bans military activity and mining, and is signed by over 50 countries; understand that international research stations study climate, astronomy, biology, and geology, and that Antarctica is the closest thing on Earth to a continent for science rather than politics

Builds on: The Race to the South Pole (soft, https://ai.page/c/the-race-to-the-south-pole/en.md), Comparing Arctic & Antarctic (hard, https://ai.page/c/comparing-arctic-and-antarctic/en.md)

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