Why So Many Countries Claim Antarctica But Can’t Do Anything With It

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  • @davidvick749
    @davidvick749 Рік тому +16

    I worked for 16 months in Antarctica.

    • @claypulley589
      @claypulley589 3 місяці тому +2

      @@davidvick749 any cool stories?

  • @FXwashere
    @FXwashere Рік тому +87

    Fun fact: Antarctica wasn't always the ice desert it is today. Many million years ago, it used to be a paradise of lush forests.

    • @mjf1036
      @mjf1036 Рік тому +13

      That is interesting. My SUV must have caused it to freeze over.

    • @johnvoelker4345
      @johnvoelker4345 Рік тому

      Antarctica froze 33 million years ago
      Greenland froze 2.6 million years ago
      dinosaurs roamed a tropical Antarctica
      Greenland was covered in forest

    • @erinrising2799
      @erinrising2799 Рік тому +8

      and it used to be attached to Australia

    • @johnvoelker4345
      @johnvoelker4345 Рік тому +6

      @@erinrising2799
      right
      used to be part of Pangaea

    • @erinrising2799
      @erinrising2799 Рік тому +5

      @@johnvoelker4345 and after the break up of Pangaea. They were still together and formed the supercontinent of Gondwana

  • @nixcails
    @nixcails Рік тому +9

    Antarctica has always interested me especially as I live near the Captain Scott Monument about 2 miles away in Devonport next to the Naval Base that serves as the homeport for the British Antarctic Survey Fleet. The base regularly has the Red and White Fleet in and I know people who work on the vessels. The RNAS (Royal Navy Antarctic Survey) Fleet is a strong employer.
    The oddity of the British Antarctic Territory is it is a territory of the Crown rather than an actual part of the UK and significantly larger than most of Crown Realms put together (only Canada exceeds it in size).
    Technically whilst things like fishing, nuclear weapons and other industrial items are banned the loopholes are often got round in the name of research and global security.
    One of the major reasons for the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict (Guerra de Las Malvinas) apart from a political distraction technique for both the Argentine President and UK Prime Minister at the time. The big thing was fishing and minerals rights in the UK territories waters that are around the former whaling station islands OUTSIDE of the Antarctic exclusion zone.
    This generate revenues for the countries with these islands.
    It's also an unkept secret that NATO and other world navies use the South Atlantic/ Great Southern Ocean/ South Pacific to base their Nuclear capable Nuclear powered submarines. If official documentation is they were on patrol in those Oceans their is little evidence to prove they were there.

  • @altarique123
    @altarique123 Рік тому +9

    I love geography a lot . Studying geography when I was in high school helped me travel 73 countries with low cost. Love 💕 your video from Buffalo New York

  • @Jonathan_001
    @Jonathan_001 Рік тому +8

    🇨🇱 Chile is the closest country and claims the entire peninsula as a continuation of its southernmost territory.

  • @yesid17
    @yesid17 Рік тому +5

    great video as always! interested to see how this plays out-many of those countries aren't exactly known for honoring their treaties.

  • @mjf1036
    @mjf1036 Рік тому +12

    Looking at your map it is hard to understand how Cook missed it?

    • @ChaosMechanica
      @ChaosMechanica Рік тому +3

      Right? Isn't there a tip of land he shouldn't not only seen, but crossed?

    • @georgewashington7982
      @georgewashington7982 Рік тому +3

      Ye try navigating with nothing but stars and a shitty compass guiding you back then lol

  • @tomahawk1911
    @tomahawk1911 Рік тому +5

    Good video, Geoff! Thanks. When you remarked something about protecting the ecosystem, scientific research, I couldn’t help ignorantly thinking, what ecosystem? What research? What useful information can be gleaned from that miserable ice desert? Throwing good money after bad, to me. Chile and Peru can have it.

  • @maxsager139
    @maxsager139 Рік тому +5

    Seeing you from Argentina.

  • @lesley4215
    @lesley4215 Рік тому +3

    Thank you! I am totally enamored with Antarctica and love watching the research shows about it. In this video you have answered some of my long held questions!!❤

  • @hillbilly4895
    @hillbilly4895 Рік тому +11

    And Elon still thinks inhabiting Mars is a good idea...

  • @pandoraeeris7860
    @pandoraeeris7860 Рік тому +4

    Antarctica (the Land Down-Down Under) is owned by the Grays, while the Arctic is owned by the Greens.

    • @Thompson.ind1
      @Thompson.ind1 3 місяці тому

      The land down down under is mostly owned by the land down under

  • @CaySlay4211
    @CaySlay4211 Рік тому +4

    I heard thousands of years ago Antarctica was green and warm

    • @kaoz250f1
      @kaoz250f1 9 місяців тому +1

      So was Greenland. Apparently there were prehistoric crocodile fossils found there

  • @SmilingStaffyLensLane
    @SmilingStaffyLensLane Рік тому +6

    No one country owns Antarctica

  • @leoprg5330
    @leoprg5330 Рік тому +3

    Where is the slice of pie of Czechia or Poland? If both France an Norway claim a good chunk of Antarctica, why others can't?

  • @pauljensen4773
    @pauljensen4773 Рік тому +3

    5:55 you said 6,800 sqmiles but wrote 68,000 sqmiles. Which one is it?

  • @kaoz250f1
    @kaoz250f1 9 місяців тому

    Apparently the antarctic ice sheet has been growing on average over time. Versus the northern ice cap melting

  • @markleon411
    @markleon411 Рік тому +4

    I doubt that Australia would ever allow any kind of mining on its controlled territory.

    • @SmilingStaffyLensLane
      @SmilingStaffyLensLane Рік тому +3

      Nope. It's for purely for scientific community and shared research as a pristine continent

    • @harrier331
      @harrier331 Рік тому

      Thats a joke right?

    • @SmilingStaffyLensLane
      @SmilingStaffyLensLane Рік тому

      @@harrier331 nope anyone that breaks that rule
      Gets a viral weapon sent to kull them or discipline them through Decimation

    • @SmilingStaffyLensLane
      @SmilingStaffyLensLane Рік тому

      @@harrier331 we really didn't or don't care about 1m dead Americans, Russians or anybody else
      That was only a demonstration

    • @SmilingStaffyLensLane
      @SmilingStaffyLensLane Рік тому

      @@harrier331 I will confirm
      That is not a joke

  • @Adamant456
    @Adamant456 Рік тому +6

    antartica should be divided between the southern countries.

    • @Who-rx5ky
      @Who-rx5ky Рік тому

      That doesn't remove any of the current claimants since they all possess territory in the southern hemisphere.

    • @Adamant456
      @Adamant456 Рік тому

      @@Who-rx5ky not their mainlands tho

    • @Who-rx5ky
      @Who-rx5ky Рік тому

      @@Adamant456 it's still their lands and they place them in the southern hemisphere.

    • @Adamant456
      @Adamant456 Рік тому

      @@Who-rx5ky colonial lands making those countries unethical colonizers.
      Colonialism should have been terminated a long time ago

    • @Who-rx5ky
      @Who-rx5ky Рік тому

      @Adamant456 those lands aren't colonies anymore but integral territories that have chosen to remain with their respective nations.

  • @mattf3873
    @mattf3873 Рік тому +1

    The rush to get the natural resources from there is going to be nasty

  • @stevepettersen3283
    @stevepettersen3283 Рік тому +4

    The USA already got the most valuable item from Antarctica: a Stargate!

  • @raphlvlogs271
    @raphlvlogs271 Рік тому +4

    why was the Australian claimed area separated in to 2 parts by the much smaller French claimed area?

  • @Vic-ok2pp
    @Vic-ok2pp Рік тому +1

    How about a look at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. I was there in 1979 or 80 and it was quite interesting.

  • @Mark_Wheeler
    @Mark_Wheeler Рік тому

    Geoff, you need to sync your sound up with the video. The video lags slightly behind the sound. Otherwise, great video!

  • @yazanfares2006
    @yazanfares2006 Рік тому +1

    Nice video

  • @Philip-ze7uh
    @Philip-ze7uh 11 місяців тому

    14 countries have signed a treaty ..they own it ..

  • @davee6604
    @davee6604 Рік тому +3

    We are looking to inhabit Mars and Antarctica is too inhospitable? LOL

  • @eugenestrawberry1835
    @eugenestrawberry1835 Рік тому +3

    Metallica had a concert on Antarctica.

  • @Sudip_Sarkar_Charles_Edwards
    @Sudip_Sarkar_Charles_Edwards 8 місяців тому +1

    Who owns it? The scientists.

  • @garvinbenjamin7124
    @garvinbenjamin7124 9 місяців тому

    Do one about Trinidad and Tobago

    • @Lukejb2Butterworth
      @Lukejb2Butterworth 3 місяці тому

      about the black gold or pitch that bubbles up there

  • @revinhatol
    @revinhatol Рік тому +1

    Uruguay, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador: Allow us to introduce ourselves.

  • @Phuqem
    @Phuqem Рік тому

    Ross Ice shelf 6800 or 68000 miles

  • @thegreypath1777
    @thegreypath1777 23 дні тому

    We can’t do anything with it…. for now. If we have another polar shift, everything could change.

  • @shin-ishikiri-no
    @shin-ishikiri-no 3 місяці тому +1

    Just the latest batch of Europeans trying to claim land. Same story as ever.

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    @robertsudedeth1317 Рік тому +33

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      @scottmichael9670 Рік тому

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      @beaufrancois8781 Рік тому

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      @soniaalvarez2265 Рік тому

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  • @elcharquican123
    @elcharquican123 Рік тому

    Wrong, the first ike was Gabriel de Castilla from Spain in arly 1600s

  • @danielbirchfield8552
    @danielbirchfield8552 Рік тому +2

    So you're telling me its a FROZEN conflict HAHAHAHAA
    send help

  • @burntrubber7458
    @burntrubber7458 Рік тому

    Thousands of years not millions.

  • @michaelwclark5097
    @michaelwclark5097 Рік тому +1

    Hey Geoff, there is more ice on Antarctica now than when climate alarmists started talking about warming.

    • @68404
      @68404 Рік тому

      And sea levels have actually dropped slightly over the last 150 years.

  • @grayrecluse7496
    @grayrecluse7496 Рік тому +1

    You should research, the earth is cooling

  • @christophergrage7745
    @christophergrage7745 4 місяці тому

    Awesome

  • @demolitiondan1188
    @demolitiondan1188 Рік тому +4

    Another fun fact; I’m actually the owner of Antarctica…..😉

    • @RFE812
      @RFE812 Рік тому

      Does that mean you own Mount Vinson too?

    • @BDR724
      @BDR724 Рік тому

      Cool

  • @zugzug2849
    @zugzug2849 Рік тому

    It will thaw one day a few thousand years from now and people will continue their migration in this realm as they follow the sun’s procession over 26,000 year cycle. Who knows, there may even be enduring monuments like that of Teotihuacán or Giza. It’s too bad we’ll never know the truth.

  • @Laythhaidar
    @Laythhaidar Рік тому +1

    A U S T R A L I A owns A N T A R C T I C A

  • @ahmedmaow5710
    @ahmedmaow5710 Рік тому +1

    Louisville Kentucky next

  • @S3aCa1mRa1n
    @S3aCa1mRa1n Рік тому +10

    France has no right to claim it honestly for Argentina and Chile it makes sense because they’re the closest to it.

    • @Jv-ob8ct
      @Jv-ob8ct Рік тому +1

      @@mapache-ehcapam horrible argumento, borra tu comentario por favor

    • @anuvisraa5786
      @anuvisraa5786 Рік тому

      FRACE AND BRITAIN USE THE ARCHIPELAGOS THAT THEY CONTROL AS A CLAIM BASIS

    • @HW-sw5gb
      @HW-sw5gb Рік тому

      I mean no one contests France’s Indian Ocean possessions, and they are the closest territories

  • @novemvisiata6886
    @novemvisiata6886 9 місяців тому

    Why there is china now 5station

  • @TM-tw1py
    @TM-tw1py Рік тому +1

    Within global warming, Antarctica will be in the mid 80's F during summers as early as 2033. The perfect resort location for beaches and yachting!

  • @MCarrick-ss7xc
    @MCarrick-ss7xc Рік тому +1

    I own it I lease to the space Force North is easier to watch, south is a blind spot.

  • @MinecraftAxMako
    @MinecraftAxMako 10 місяців тому +1

    Bro earth looks suck 0:01

  • @claypulley589
    @claypulley589 3 місяці тому

    Very interesting great video…
    But please stop with the “global Warming”hype.
    The Arctic is losing some of it’s ice sheet while the Ant Arctic is gaining ice sheet at a greater rate than the North is losing…

  • @TLM860
    @TLM860 Рік тому +1

    I plan to buy a vacation home here 😂

  • @marym7104
    @marym7104 Рік тому

    Within 43 minutes!

  • @enmanuel961
    @enmanuel961 Рік тому

    3rd comment from Dominican Republic 🎉🇩🇴

  • @know-body2519
    @know-body2519 Рік тому

    I don't know enough about Antarctica, or Admiral Byrd's mission, nor do know enough about the Reclamation Act, nor why Florida insurance companies are jacking-up premiums, if not dropping coverage.
    No. I don't know what would happen if it melts, and all of this is unrelated.

  • @joeshmo114
    @joeshmo114 Рік тому +10

    Not a continent, but an ice wall surrounding our level plane Earth realm. Any unauthorized access below 60 degree South latitude is strictly forbidden.

    • @ct.widget2847
      @ct.widget2847 Рік тому +1

      Flat planes are measured in linear and area units. Spherical surfaces are measured in degrees of longitude and latitude.
      Hmmm....😅

    • @joeshmo114
      @joeshmo114 Рік тому +1

      @@byt4fse2
      Welcome to reality.

  • @Reflextor
    @Reflextor 9 місяців тому

    The Antarctic Peninsula is property of Chile and the United Kingdom. The western part is Chilean and the eastern part is British.
    🇨🇱🛡️🇬🇧

    • @brockharrison5541
      @brockharrison5541 Місяць тому

      property according to who? your country is irrelevant and the UK never mentioned they are willing to share the region.

  • @Doug-h2z
    @Doug-h2z Рік тому

    Great content but 600 years!!!!!!!!!!!....

  • @bishal-max
    @bishal-max 10 місяців тому

    Uk 🇬🇧❤️🇬🇧

  • @annmaryroyroy9483
    @annmaryroyroy9483 Рік тому

    I dont know who gave them oermission to own antratica lol ... Antratica is noones okie 😅

  • @patmcclung7205
    @patmcclung7205 Рік тому

    Go Timbers! RCTID

  • @VaxtorT
    @VaxtorT Рік тому +9

    The bulk of Antarctica's Ice Sheets were layed down rapidly following the Biblical Flood sometime between 4500 and 5000 years ago.

    • @watchmanonthewall14
      @watchmanonthewall14 Рік тому +1

      There is a 1988 book, Catastrophism and the Old Testament, by Donald Patton (no longer in print) that lays out a comprehensive theory about polar ice and Mars, based upon scripture and secular writings. It's detailed and absolutely fascinating.

    • @VaxtorT
      @VaxtorT Рік тому +1

      @@watchmanonthewall14 Thanks. I'll search to see if I can find a copy. "Is Genesis History and AIG" provide good explanations, as well.

    • @watchmanonthewall14
      @watchmanonthewall14 Рік тому +1

      @@VaxtorT I hope you can find a copy. If you were my next door neighbor, I would lend it to you, as I have my copy in storage. God bless you, sir.

  • @jadawin10
    @jadawin10 Рік тому +7

    I stopped watching this video and put a thumbs down when I saw that the geographic data is given in "miles". Only 0.5% of the earth's population (USA) uses this obsolete system...

  • @marym7104
    @marym7104 Рік тому +2

    763th viewer of this video!

  • @davidgreen7392
    @davidgreen7392 Рік тому

    Certainly round... round around the flat edge ;)

  • @BDR724
    @BDR724 Рік тому

    Poop

  • @VaxtorT
    @VaxtorT Рік тому +4

    Oh yes....trust the scientists.
    Okaaaaay.

    • @boio_
      @boio_ Рік тому

      yeah please go on can't wait till the US finally enters it's BIG dark ages and shatters over collective dissociation and relative individualisitic truth tearing appart the social fabric and any notion of unity, it'll make history books all the funnier

  • @CarolR-zm2ll
    @CarolR-zm2ll Рік тому

    👍

  • @_1COR15.1-4
    @_1COR15.1-4 Рік тому +6

    Its an ice wall

  • @corruptedpoison1
    @corruptedpoison1 Рік тому +4

    Every single video on this channel subtly engages in climate doomer talk. Blatant political leaning every single time.

  • @jaycweingardt11
    @jaycweingardt11 Рік тому +9

    Less climate doomerism please.

    • @S3aCa1mRa1n
      @S3aCa1mRa1n Рік тому

      can you expect that much from him he looks like a liberal NPC elf 😂

    • @MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou
      @MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou Рік тому +1

      Facts don't care about your feelings, snowflake.

    • @boio_
      @boio_ Рік тому +3

      can't wait till florida disappears off the map

    • @jaycweingardt11
      @jaycweingardt11 Рік тому

      @@boio_ you're going to be waiting a while, don't hold your breath.