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Who owns Antartica?

WHO OWNS ANTARCTICA? • ARGENTINA THE TRUTH IS, NO ONE TECHNICALLY OWNS ANTARCTICA IN WHOLE. BUT THROUGHOUT THE EARLY PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY, OVERLAPPING CLAIMS AND DISPUTES 1942: ARGENTINE SEVEN NATIONS ANNOUNCED TERRITORIAL CLAIMS TO VARIOUS ANTARCTICA ARGENTINA VS. UK VS. CHILE PARTS OF THE CONTINENT. THE CLAIMS ARE ONLY RECOGNIZED IT STRETCHES 5.4 MILLION SQUARE MILES, IT'S FREEZING, INHOSPITABLE, AND DEVOID OF ANY NATIVE RESIDENTS. WHY, THEN, IS THE SOUTHERNMOST CONTINENT AT THE CENTER OF SUCH CONTENTIOUS WRANGLING? WE TAKE A OVER SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS AMONG THOSE DECLARATIVE COUNTRIES: ARGENTINA VS. UK • NORWAY OVER SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS LOOK AT WHO OWNS WHAT IN ANTARCTICA AND WHY THE BATTLES HAVE RE- UNITED KINGDOM CENTLY GROWN MORE TUMULTUOUS. 1929: PETER I ISLAND 1908: BRITISH ANTARCTIC 1939: QUEEN MAUD LAND TERRITORY AUSTRALIA PROFILE OF THE FROST-BOUND CONTINENT 1933: AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY 98% 70% OF WORLD'S SUPPLY OF FRESH WATER COVERED BY A ALTHOUGH HOME TO ANIMALS INCLUDING PENGUINS AND WHALES, THERE ARE NO NATIVE LAND MAMMALS THICK SHEET ROUGHLY 1.5 TIMES OF ICE THE SIZE OF THE UNITED STATES ATLEAST A MILE DEEP RECEIVES WINTER TEMPERATURES SEA LEVELS COULD RISE SUMMER LESS THAN 2 INCHES * OF RAIN PER YEAR IF MELTED HAS ONLY REACHED A 200 FEET WORLDWIDE CAN DROP TO AS LOW AS MAXIMUM OF -20°F 58°F THE DRIEST CONTINENT ON EARTH • CHILE 1940: ANTÁRTICA THE FINAL FRONTIER: A TIMELINE 1908-1942 1991 MARIE BYRD LAND OVER THE COURSE OF 35 YEARS, A TOTAL OF SEVEN NATIONS RUSHED TO CLAIM VARIOUS 2009 TWENTY FOUR OF THE NATIONS ADDED A TERRITORIES BELOW THE 60° PARALLEL IN PROTOCOL TO THE TREATY THAT WOULD THE UNITED NATIONS'S CONVENTION OF THE LAW OF THE SEA REVIEWED TO EXPAND COASTAL NATIONS CONTROL ANTARCTICA, PROHIBIT OIL AND OTHER MINERAL EXPLORATION FOR AT LEAST 50 YEARS. OVER THE CONTINENTAL SHELF - FROM 12 JULY, 1957, TO DECEMBER, 1958 NEW ZEALAND 50 230 MILES TO 380 MILES OFF-SHORE. SCIENTIFIC EXPLOORATION BEGAN IN THE AREA AND BECAME 1923: NEW ZEALAND PARTICIPATING KNOWN AS THE INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR. YEARS 2007 FRANCE COUNTRIES ROSS DEPENDENCY VARIOUS SCIENCE STATIONS WERE SET-UP ON THE CONTINENT BY 12 DIFFERENT PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE SEVEN THAT PREVIOUSLY ASSERTED SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE LAND. THE UNITED KINGDOM, CITING A CENTURY-OLD TERRITORIAL RIGHT, CLAIMED 385,000 SQUARE MILES OF ANTARCTICA, INCLUDING THE PENIN- 1924: ADÉLIE LAND 1961 WHAT LIES BENEATH AND SULA AND COASTAL SHELF ALONG IT. THE ANTARCTIC TREATY, EVENTUALLY SIGNED BY 47 COUNTRIES, AGREED TO SET ASIDE THE EXPANSIVE LAND STRICTLY AS A SCIENTIFIC PRESERVE, AND SUSPENDED ALL FURTHER TERRITORIAL CLAIMS IN ORDER TO JOINTLY FOCUS ON RESEARCH. CASINO 385,000 THE PROBLEMS IT CAUSES SQUARE MILES AS THE ICE MELTS, SO DO THE FRIENDLY TIES. DESPITE THE MILE-THICK SHEET OF ICE BLANKETING THE CONTINENT, DEMAND FOR MORE PETROLEUM SUPPLIES HAS SPURRED CURIOSITY IN WHAT'S BENEATH WHAT'S NEXT? THE SURFACE. OIL? GAS RESERVES? DUE TO ITS PRISTINE MAJESTY, THERE IS AN INCREASING TOURIST THE POTENTIAL LOOMS LARGE FOR PROSPECTING NATIONS, CAUSING SOME TO FIGHT OVER LAND, INCLUDING THE CONTINENTAL SHELF - AREAS NOT EXPLICITLY BANNED BY THE TREATY IN 1961. INTEREST IN THE AREA. CURRENTLY, TOURISM IS CONFINED TO RARE CRUISE SHIP TRIPS TO THE COASTAL SHELVES. IN THE NEAR FUTURE, IT MAY EXPAND TO HOTEL AND EVEN CASINO DEVELOPMENTS. IF AND WHEN ANTARCTICA IS OPEN FOR MINERAL AND OIL EXPLORATION, THE TREATY'S CONSULTATIVE PARTIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON HOW PLANS SHOULD PROCEED. sources: theatlantic.com, globalclassroom.org, jonbowermaster.com, wikimedia.org A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE

Who owns Antartica?

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This infogrpahic provides information about the landscape of Antartica, it explains why there is so much demand for land there around the world and it illustrates which countries own how much and what...

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