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| Subject: OZschwitz report: Factor Antarctic in military plans Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:35 am | |
| AUSTRALIA is being urged to be ready to defend its claim to Antarctic territory in its military planning, given inevitable global competition for the continent's rich energy resources.
Antarctica is thought to have the world's third-largest oil reserves, locked away by an international treaty that preserves the territory from exploitation.
However, a Lowy Institute report released today warns that other countries are eyeing the abundant energy reserves as technology makes it easier to access the frozen continent.
The big oil companies are working on ways of extracting energy resources from polar regions. Last week US regulators approved plans by Royal Dutch Shell to explore in waters off Alaska.
Australia claims 42 per cent of Antarctica, a claim that is not recognised internationally. The Lowy report warns that the government must stop thinking of Antarctica as a scientific playground and treat it as a national security issue.
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