Antarctic Treaty renegotiated in 2011

The Antarctic treaty came into force in 1961. There are some finer points, but it basically says that Antarctica will be a nature preserve until the treaty comes up for renegotiation in 2048. What would happen if instead the date was set to June 23, 2011, 50 years after the treaty came into force? Would anything noteworthy likely happen at the presumptive conference to renegotiate the terms? Would there be ripple effects?
 
At the moment there is nothing interesting in Antarctica. Even the possibility of eventually extracting resources is not enough to get anyone excited over it. It's 2 km of ice on average. It's just not going to be worth the effort, which is why every nation that matters was basically fine with keeping it as a preserve in the first place.

China has a vested interest in keeping the status quo with all their bases spread around. Maybe there will be some political sabre rattling by Russia, but even they won't actually care when something more pressing gets their attention.
 
At the moment there is nothing interesting in Antarctica. Even the possibility of eventually extracting resources is not enough to get anyone excited over it. It's 2 km of ice on average. It's just not going to be worth the effort, which is why every nation that matters was basically fine with keeping it as a preserve in the first place.

China has a vested interest in keeping the status quo with all their bases spread around. Maybe there will be some political sabre rattling by Russia, but even they won't actually care when something more pressing gets their attention.

I see. Thank you for the explanation.
 
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