Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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. worldstatesmen.org/Antarctica.
- 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. climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/2024-antarctic-sea-ice-winter-maximum-second-lowest-record.
- “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.
See the history of the frozen continent and the different attempts to claim it over the years.
➤ Support this channel with my Patreon!: patreon.com/emperortigerstar
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. worldstatesmen.org/Antarctica.
- 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. climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/2024-antarctic-sea-ice-winter-maximum-second-lowest-record.
- “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.
