... Treaty area, rather than the Antarctic Convergence. On the other hand, Article 2 commits the parties to the comprehensive protection of the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ... D.Vidas, The Antarctic Treaty System and the Law of the Sea: A New Dimension Introduced by the Protocol’, in Stokke and Vidas (eds.), Governing the Antarctic, pp. 61–90; and T. Scovazzi, The Antarctic ... the Convention and other, sectoral, treaties dealing with the marine environment, including the 1972 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London...