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How to Claim Antarctica. March 1, 2017. Antarctica is unlike any other place on Earth. You can't grow much of anything there, it's really cold, it's not so easy to get to, the vast majority of it is covered in a mile-thick layer of ice, and no one lives there permanently. read more

In a mirror of events at the other end of the globe, which sees Russia, Denmark and Canada squabbling over the north pole, the UK is preparing to file a claim to areas of the seabed around Antarctica, under the UN's Convention of the Law of the Sea. read more

Territorial claims in Antarctica Seven sovereign states had made eight territorial claims to land in Antarctica south of the 60° S parallel before 1961. These claims have been recognized only between the countries making claims in the area. read more

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