Antartica Project

Eighteen countries signed an agreement that they alone are guaranteed the right to decide the future of the last uninhabited continent on earth. This agreement came about in 1959 only because a most explosive issue had to be resolved: how to allocate the natural resources. For the last five years, these countries have been working feverishly, trying to recover lost time.
In closed session, they are negotiating difficult “mineral rights” that are governed under a prior agreement for raw material exploitation. In 1991, the existing moratorium in this agreement will be revised. Then, the race for the treasures of the white continent will begin.

On the12th of February, 1986, after 3 months in the pack ice of the Ross Sea, the Greenpeace decided to break off its first Arctic expedition.