Hiroshima to Hazyview diplomacy cracks — Antarctic scientist’s detention exposes DA’s Russia problem

Daily Maverick | 25.06.2026 05:53
A dispute over the detainment of a Ukrainian scientist has laid bare one of the sharpest geopolitical schisms yet seen in Antarctic governance – pitting a Global North bloc of Antarctic Treaty consultative states against a Global South bloc of consultative states with the same veto powers.