In a rare spurt of collective political intelligence, and in order to prevent any risk of international conflict, an international treaty was signed in 1959 to govern Antarctica. This treaty dedicated Antarctica to exclusively peaceful aims.
当然，过去的冷漠也并非毫无例外。一次罕见的集体政治智慧的奋力协作，并也为了防止任何国际冲突的发生，使得一项治理南极洲的国际条约于1959年得以签署。该条约规定南极洲只可作和平目的之用，它承认现有的对领土的声称，并宣布“冻结”领土声称，并禁止一切在南极洲土地上对主权的具体坚持的行为。