Antarctica can, should, and even must be considered as a "quasi-global public domain". Generally, the global public domain is considered to be an area outside its national jurisdiction and its resources. It belongs to all human beings and can be used by everyone. The shelving of the Antarctic Treaty's territorial sovereignty laid the legal foundation for Antarctica as a "quasi-global public domain," while provisions such as "open", "peaceful", and "freedom of scientific research" actually gave it the nature of the Antarctic public domain. The requirement that it should only be used for peaceful purposes made the Antarctic region a rare pure land during the Cold War: avoiding the devastation of war and successfully denuclearizing it. If the following items are true, the ones that support the above argument are:. ['Antarctica is rich in biological resources, water resources, and huge market potential.', 'Antarctic governance has long been in the hands of a few technologically advanced Western nations.', "The United States has formed the Antarctic Support Task Force and is stationed in New Zealand for Air Force's Antarctic Flight Operations.", 'If the Antarctic ice sheet melts, sea level will rise by 57 meters, which is directly related to the common destiny of mankind.']