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The History of Antarctic Territorial Claims In the first half of the 20th Century, a number of countries began to claim wedge-shaped portions of territory on the southernmost continent. Frontage Theory: Another Way to Slice it Of course, critics could argue that current claims are arbitrary, and that there is a more equitable way to partition land in Antarctica. The map below shows roughly how territorial claims would look under that scenario.
Leaving the Pie Unsliced Thanks to the Antarctic Treaty, there is no mining taking place in Antarctica, and thus far no country has set up a permanent settlement on the continent.
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This year China built its fourth base. Next year it will build a fifth. All Antarctica's 68 bases are professedly peaceful research stations, established for scientific purposes - but the ban on militarisation is widely flouted. Chile and Argentina, for instance, both maintain a permanent army presence on the Antarctic mainland, and the worry is that some countries are either not reporting military deployment, or may instead be recruiting civilian security contractors for essentially military missions.
Antarctic skies are unusually clear and also unusually free from radio interference - they are ideal for deep-space research and satellite tracking. But they are also ideal for establishing covert surveillance networks and remote control of offensive weapons systems.
The Australian government recently identified China's newest base as a threat, specifically because of the surveillance potential. It said: "Antarctic bases are increasingly used for 'dual-use' scientific research that's useful for military purposes.
Many governments reject Antarctica's status quo, built on European endeavour and entrenched by Cold War geopolitics that, some say, give undue influence to the superpowers of the past. Iran has said it intends to build in Antarctica, Turkey too. India has a long history of Antarctic involvement and Pakistan has approved Antarctic expansion - all in the name of scientific cooperation. But the status quo depends on self-regulation.
The Antarctic Treaty has no teeth. Faced with intensifying competition over abundant natural resources and unforeseen intelligence-gathering opportunities, all it can do - like my penguin - is squawk, and patter off into the snow.
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All resources. Making claims. Activity Territorial claims Download a big map pdf of the territorial claims. Why do you think countries wanted to claim part of Antarctica? Why do you think the claims are all wedge shaped? Why do you think there is a segment of Antarctica which no country has claimed? Can you think of other places in the world which no country has claimed? Can you think of other parts of the world where different countries disagree over who owns or controls territory?
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