The recent tendency towards increasingly ample international environmental regulation has led to effects of overlapping and inconsistency among treaties, particularly regarding common spaces. The purpose of this study is to examine to what extent contemporary international treaty law provides for environmental protection within the context of the unique legal status of the Antarctic. The book analyzes relevant conventions focusing on different sources of pollution, liability, regulation of environmental conservation, and resource exploitation. The treaty survey demonstrates the complexity existing in relation to the Antarctic Treaty System and the difficulties of applying global regimes in a legally and environmentally distinctive region.