Resolved Question: If the U.S.A. annexed Antarctica, would we be the worlds largest country?

Open Question: help! please! easy 10 points.?
please give me 5 historical sites in ANTARCTICA. please. please include the source if possible.

Voting Question: When/where was the last unclaimed land on earth?
When was the last unclaimed land on earth claimed? Who claimed it and where is it? I suppose I should include some constraints, such as: - I am talking about land (not sea or air or otherwise) that has some permanency (has existed for at least hundreds of years) and reasonable size (> 1 acre) to it - Let’s exclude land that has never been inhabited by a permanent/long-term (> 10 yrs) population of at least 50 people. I’m really interested in habitable places. - Let’s exclude Antarctica because that’s no fun (too cold) - Unclaimed should mean that no group of people (indigenous or otherwise) > 50 in size was living on the land for > 10 yrs, nor had such a group stated a claim to the land at the time it was finally claimed. That is, there was no sizable dispute of claim. - Let’s assume habitation as would be viable given 1600’s technology - This question assumes that there is no currently unclaimed land I do not know the answer to this question myself. I am looking for the answer. I do not think the answer is “America” (presumably the USA) or Australia. The land of these countries is far too big, valuable, and easily located/occupied. Please provide a reference and/or some sort of evidence when answering this question. Places that had native peoples in prehistoric times can still be candidates for the last unclaimed land as long as those natives had moved away, died out, or otherwise not laid claim at the time. Madagascar (the main large island at least) has been continuously inhabited for at least 1000 years, so I don’t think that’s the answer. New Zealand (at least the main North and South Islands) has been continuously inhabited since at least 1300. When Europeans got there in the 1700’s, I presume that the Māori would have said that the land was theirs if they were asked.

Encounters at the End of the World - Boston Globe
In “Encounters at the End of the World,” Werner Herzog heads down to Antarctica to chat with the scientists, free spirits, and lost souls who make their living there. The movie’s not a global warming lecture, though. For one thing, Herzog is far too …

Resolved Question: Should We annex Antarctica, and become the largest country in the world?
I think this is what Bush should be doing. He and America are already unpopular, so we don’t have to worry about what the world thinks of us. This would be a good place to send the guys in Gitmo Would you approve if Hillary was sent there to be the Governor?

Resolved Question: Will you help me plan a trip to Antarctica?! …please?
me and some of my friends are planning to visit antartica in 4 years. yes four years is a long time, but this is ANTARCTICA we’re talking about! these friedns of mine and i have traveled to africa togehter last year, so we’re hoping antarctica will not only complete meeting all the continents, but also another trip of a lifetime so, being very serious about this trip, we are organizing this trip early and planning to use all four years to do so any sensible advice, sites, books, information, facts, etc etc etc would be more than a great help! we’re really trying to look for diffrent ways to get their, like specific companys to follow [cruise, tours, boat, plane, etc] and also maybe hotels we can stay at, specific sites over there we can visit, and the cheapest but still a comfortable environment… thanks in advance guys! i really appreciate it XOXO

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A Love Song For Antarctica - Please, Take Me Back!

It’s been six months since I’ve been to Antarctica and I still miss her.

Author: chudleycannonfodder
Keywords: antarctica semi-original song barenaked ladies one week lost jack like harrison ford i’m getting frantic
Added: July 5, 2008

Antarktos Rising - A Novel
A phenomenon known as crustal displacement shifts the Earth’s crust, repositioning continents and causing countless deaths. In the wake of the global catastrophe, the world struggles to take care of its displaced billions. But Antarctica, freshly thawed and blooming, has emerged as a new hope. Rather than wage a world war no nation can endure, the leading nations devise a competition, a race to the center of Antarctica, with the three victors dividing the continent. It is within this race that Mirabelle Whitney, one of the few surviving experts on the continent, grouped with an American special forces unit, finds herself. But the dangers awaiting the team are far worse than feared; beyond the sour history of a torn family, beyond the nefarious intentions of their human enemies, beyond the ancient creatures reborn through anhydrobiosis-there are the Nephilim. The world races to claim a new continent, only to find it already taken.

Author: Jeremy Robinson
Paperback:  300 pages
Company: Breakneck Books  (2007-06-19)
ISBN: 0979692903
List Price: $14.99
Amazon Price: $13.36
Used Price: $13.36

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First-Ever Ice Runway in Antarctica

Australian scientists landed on an ice runway in Antarctica, officially opening a new air link between Australia and the white continent. The Airbus A319 became the first passenger aircraft to land on the 2.5-mile long Wilkins Runway. (Jan. 11)

Colossal Squid Eyes Are Biggest

April 30, 2008—Scientists in New Zealand say that a colossal squid caught near Antarctica last year has the biggest eyes of any known creature

Gentoo penguin colony on Cuverville Island, Antarctica

Meltdown in Antarctica

Jan. 14: Climate changes are melting large ice sheets in areas of Antarctica once thought to be relatively unaffected by global warming. NBC’s Anne Thompson reports.

Adelie penguin at Petermann Island, Antarctica

Comment on: Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms

Ann Curry reports from Antarctica

Nov 5. TODAY’s Ann Curry, who’s in Antarctica says goodbye for the day to TODAY’s Meredith Vieira and the rest of the team.

Cruise to Antarctica Offers Adventure and Talks by Photographer Norbert Wu
(PRWEB) August 19, 2004 — Undersea photographer and explorer Norbert Wu, who spent three seasons documenting the underwater world of Antarctica, will be offering entertaining talks aboard the…

The Beauty of Ice and Snow: Antarctica Comes to Life at OceanFootage

Capella University to Sponsor Antarctica Marathon

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Gentoo penguin pair at Petermann Island, Antarctica

Aurora Australis over Scott Base, Antarctica.

Boating the Yalour Islands, Antarctica

Boating the Yalour Islands, Antarctica

Chinstrap penguins on iceberg, Melchior Island, Antarctica

Antarctica

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Movies opening Friday (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Brick Lane (PG-13) A young Bangladeshi woman endures a loveless marriage and embarks on a love affair in 1980s London. Encounters at the End of the World (G) Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica to capture the landscape’s rarely seen beauty.

RAS (Remote Astronomical Society) Observatory Announces Free Web-based Seminar on Astronomy at the South Pole–General Public Invited

Classroom Antarctica — Classroom Antarctica
Welcome to Classroom Antarctica - a comprehensive online teaching resource produced by the Australian Antarctic Division. It is particularly aimed at grades 5 to 8.

Capella University to Sponsor Antarctica Marathon

Cool Antarctica, pictures of Antarctica, information and travel guide …
Cool Antarctica, Antarctica pictures, travel and information … Antarctica - Pictures, Information and Travel: Solar Pillar in Antarctica , ice crystals in the air at low …

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