Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Wedged within the southern lands of Antarctica there's a huge area of land not claimed by any country. Here geopolitics, geography, environmental sciences, and history are all bound to collide, leaving us only able to guess as to what the future holds for this land.
Help support me on patreon here: patreon.com/atlaspro
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Sources / further reading:
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-32934-X_37
livescience.com/antarctica-greenland-ice-loss-map-nasa.html
researchgate.net/figure/BEDMAP-digital-ice-thickness-model-of-Antarctica-Ice-thickness-is-given-in-meters_fig12_234382763
scientificamerican.com/article/huge-atmospheric-rivers-could-quicken-antarctic-ice-melt
theconversation.com/antarctica-has-lost-3-trillion-tonnes-of-ice-in-25-years-time-is-running-out-for-the-frozen-continent-98176
https://sites.uci.edu/morlighem/dataproducts/bedmachine-antarctica/
coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/activity_of_USA_in_antarctica.php
fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd26.htm
api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1952/feb/20/falkland-islands-dependencies-hope-bay
https://www.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1989/8926/892606.PDF
universetoday.com/tag/marie-byrd-land
antarcticglaciers.org/glaciers-and-climate/glacier-recession/glaciers-and-climate-change
youtube.com/watch?v=Ea02wCVIfh8
Wedged within the southern lands of Antarctica there's a huge area of land not claimed by any country. Here geopolitics, geography, environmental sciences, and history are all bound to collide, leaving us only able to guess as to what the future holds for this land.
Help support me on patreon here: patreon.com/atlaspro
Follow me on twitter @theatlaspro
Music: soundcloud.com/atlas-pro-music/ice-age-4
Sources / further reading:
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-32934-X_37
livescience.com/antarctica-greenland-ice-loss-map-nasa.html
researchgate.net/figure/BEDMAP-digital-ice-thickness-model-of-Antarctica-Ice-thickness-is-given-in-meters_fig12_234382763
scientificamerican.com/article/huge-atmospheric-rivers-could-quicken-antarctic-ice-melt
theconversation.com/antarctica-has-lost-3-trillion-tonnes-of-ice-in-25-years-time-is-running-out-for-the-frozen-continent-98176
https://sites.uci.edu/morlighem/dataproducts/bedmachine-antarctica/
coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/activity_of_USA_in_antarctica.php
fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd26.htm
api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1952/feb/20/falkland-islands-dependencies-hope-bay
https://www.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1989/8926/892606.PDF
universetoday.com/tag/marie-byrd-land
antarcticglaciers.org/glaciers-and-climate/glacier-recession/glaciers-and-climate-change
youtube.com/watch?v=Ea02wCVIfh8
