Antarctica Treaty Signing

Signing of the Antarctica Treaty. Climaxing a long campaign by environmental groups to turn the Antarctic into a World Park, twenty four countries, including the United States, signed an agreement today to ban mineral and oil exploration in the continent for at least 50 years.

Unique identifier: GP03X3U

Type: Video

Shoot date: 05/10/1991

Locations: Europe, Madrid, Spain

Credit line: © Greenpeace

Duration: 4m43s

Audio format: Natural

File size 419MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Antarctica Treaty

Greenpeace press conference with Richard Titchen, Steve Sawyer and Paul Bogart prior to the signing of the treaty. Climaxing a long campaign by environmental groups to turn the Antarctic into a World Park, twenty four countries, including the United States, signed an agreement to ban mineral and oil exploration in the continent for at least 50 years.

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