Geography Archived TIL that Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Geography Archived TIL that Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica. (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] SiWofos 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
Lots of countries do! Seven states claim territory, and some of the territories overlap. It's a bit of a mess. The Antarctic Treaty is thought to defer or suspend these claims, but apparently it doesn't. So it's all rather complicated.
[–] mr_skeltal [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
That was a pretty interesting article.
The real Cold War could be down the road :P