Trem Type Questions.

[Trem]

While doing nothing the other day I had a thought(it hurt!).

Who owns the artic and antartic? Are they their owns countries with a governing body or are they just left there with no one running or owning them?

I was thinking maybe I can stake a claim to the continents.

Please answer these questions before I book my trip there.

 

[Tom]

The Arctic isn't a country.

 

[throdgrain]

I do ! I bloody own 'em, keep yer hands off !!

 

[babs]

*pictures throd sat in a duffle coat in a rocking chair with his blunderbuss on an ice floe*

 

[Scouse]

I believe there's no ownership - they're like world nature reserves or something.

There's huge oil reserves in the Antarctic but we've all signed an agreement not to touch it so we don't ruin the continent (by all I think pretty much all of the countries capable of exploiting them). However, I heard that as soon as Bush Jr got in he started making noises about opening wells there - just like he's done with the Alaskan oil reserves which the US promised in the early seventies that they'd never touch.

I suppose never in politics only means about 30 years

 

[old.Tohtori]

Q. Who owns Antarctica?

A. A number of countries have claimed soveriegn rights to Antarctic Territory; several of these claims overlap, and could potentially be disputed (see map below). Australia has the largest territorial claim, claiming 42% of the Antarctic Continent. The Antarctic Treaty (signed in 1961) puts all territorial claims on hold for the duration of the treaty, so no one actually owns Antarctica at the moment.

Google is your friend.

 

[Trem]

The Arctic isn't a country.

Its a continent like I said at the end of my post. Spaz.

Go answer my PVR question Tom you massive fanny.

 

[JingleBells]

The Arctic isn't a country.

Its a continent like I said at the end of my post. Spaz.
Go answer my PVR question Tom you massive fanny.

It isn't even a continent, IMO the 7 continents are:
North America
South America
Oceania
Europe
Asia
Africa
Antarctica

although Antarctica doesn't have a football federation so perhaps they should be omitted.

Wikipedia has a nice lil article on the continents too.

 

[babs]

The Arctic can't be a continent, there's no land under*






*that's if GCSE Geography taught me anything.

 

[Draylor]

although Antarctica doesn't have a football federation so perhaps they should be omitted.

 

[DaGaffer]

Q. Who owns Antarctica?

A. A number of countries have claimed soveriegn rights to Antarctic Territory; several of these claims overlap, and could potentially be disputed (see map below). Australia has the largest territorial claim, claiming 42% of the Antarctic Continent. The Antarctic Treaty (signed in 1961) puts all territorial claims on hold for the duration of the treaty, so no one actually owns Antarctica at the moment.

Google is your friend.

And now you can see why we bothered fighting to keep the Falklands, our claim overlaps with Argentina's so owning territory down there strengthens the claim for when they eventually (inevitably) start expoliting Antarctica.

 

[nath]

Dibs 90deg - 15deg west.

 

[Tom]

Its a continent like I said at the end of my post. Spaz.

Go answer my PVR question Tom you massive fanny.

What, a continent made of ice?

 

[Sharma]

Am I the only one who noticed France's claim there? And is anyone suprised that it's so small?

 

[Munkey]

Q. Who owns Antarctica?

A. A number of countries have claimed soveriegn rights to Antarctic Territory; several of these claims overlap, and could potentially be disputed (see map below). Australia has the largest territorial claim, claiming 42% of the Antarctic Continent. The Antarctic Treaty (signed in 1961) puts all territorial claims on hold for the duration of the treaty, so no one actually owns Antarctica at the moment.

Google is your friend.

Since no-one else has, and since I haven't signed the treaty, I lay claim to that big unclaimed region in the south-west.

I hereby name it Middlesbrough .

 

[Sharma]

Are you trying to be funny Munkey?

 

[nath]

Since no-one else has, and since I haven't signed the treaty, I lay claim to that big unclaimed region in the south-west.

I hereby name it Middlesbrough .

Dibs 90deg - 150deg west.

Read the posts properly!

 

[JingleBells]

Dibs 90deg - 15deg west.

Read the posts properly!

stop changing your posts!

 

[nath]

Blast!

 

[bob269]

Its a continent like I said at the end of my post. Spaz.

Go answer my PVR question Tom you massive fanny.

At least he can spell Arctic

 

[GDW]

Clearly these guys own antartica...............would you mess with them?