The History of Antarctica: Every Year
See the history of the frozen continent and the different attempts to claim it over the years.
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Music used:
"Frozen Star" by Kevin MacLeod
Note:
Ice limits before 1900 are relatively unknown and therefore kept the same up until then
Sources:
Cahoon, Ben. “Antarctica.” World Statesmen, 2024. https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Antarc....
Freedman, Lawrence. The Official History of the Falklands Campaign: The origins of the Falklands war. United Kingdom: Routledge, 2005.
“Japanese Claims Advanced.” The Canberra Times. January 1, 1940.
“Pole Sud.” Map. Librairie Aristide Quillet. 1950.
Scott, Michon, and Rebecca Lindsey. “2024 Antarctic Sea Ice Winter Maximum Second Lowest on Record.” NOAA Climate.gov, October 8, 2024. https://www.climate.gov/news-features....
“The Antarctic. Japanese Claims. Objection to Australian Map.” The Daily Mercury. May 2, 1940.
“The Antarctic Treaty.” Signed 01 December, 1959.
Triggs, Gillian. “Australian Sovereignty in Antarctica Part II.” Melbourne University Law Review 13 (June 1982): 302–33.
