Yarjejeniyar ta sanya Antarctica a matsayin cibiyar kimiyya, ta kafa 'yancin bincike na kimiyya da kuma haramta ayyukan soja a kan wannan nahiyar. Wannan shi ne yarjejeniyar farko na kula da makamai da aka kafa a lokacin Cold War. Tarayyar Soviet da Amurka duka sun gabatar da takunkumi game da ƙuntatawa kan sababbin da'awar, kuma Amurka da Rasha sun tabbatar da haƙƙinsu na yin da'awar a nan gaba idan sun ga dama. Brazil tana riƙe da Comandante Ferraz (tushen Antarctic na Brazil) kuma ta ba da shawarar ka'idar iyakance yankuna ta amfani da meridians, wanda zai ba shi da sauran ƙasashe da'awar ƙasa gaba ɗaya.
Tarayyar Soviet da Amurka