How the Borders of Antarctica Were Made

[kungpaochicken]

If not for the Antarctic treaty we could have had an even colder war

[YoungGandalf]

"freeze the Antarctic continent" 😐

[danielb]

Funny how out of the 7 countries that lay a claim on it, the USA has more stations down there, with no claim.

[Americonservative]

The microsecond that anything is found there of financial or military value, that treaty will mean nothing.

[JackDrewitt]

Norways slice has an undefined northern limit

[boge]

Fun fact if you include all of australias territories, which includes the AAT (Australian Antarctic Territory), then australia is the second largest country in the world. After Russia ofcource

[Michikonðichþuhchad]

The Japanese empire flag next to USA:🗿💀

[LightjetPilot]

Glad to see you starting shorts back. Should drive more to your long form content

[maeglin]

Why do so many people pronounce Antarctica as Anartica? There's a T and C in the word that deserve recognition lol

[williamgill]

hmm the country borders there if they are legit could somehow be a good obscure geography trivia question that i dont think many people would think of. Maybe something like 'which country does new zealand have a land border with' or something better

[nichendrix]

Brazil also has some land on Antartica, it is small, but it's there, we're the Brazilian Research Station

[i.l.l.l.l.]

Yeah we all just peacefully agreed to leave an entire continent unclaimed, right

[soubhagya]

Claims of Argentina, chile, RSA, Australia, NZ are atleast a bit justified as they're geographically close.
Wtf with russia, US, france, uk, noway ?!

[EpicGammingCrew]

They were like “cmon guys were already in a _Cold_ War, we don’t need another”

[S.P.E.T.S.N.A.Z]

It's just matter of time they find oil in antarctica, yanks will be there before anyones else😂

[ErikNerstheimer-brwu]

My great uncle flew helicopters there for the navy in the 50s

[hailmammonmoments]

Imagine being Chile and having to listen to Argentina pretend they want to share it with you.

[blazewarking]

Fun fact there are now flowers growing on Antartica

[drew]

It should be divided up between the countries that are closest like Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, chile and Argentina and maybe Madagascar

[KansasHempMan]

This is where the wall begins. Quite interesting stuff. No governments allow free expedition for any individual or group unless given authority. Not fishy at all