Britain Antarctica Claim

  • October 16, 2007: The UK plans to claim sovereign rights over a huge area of the remote seabed off Antarctica.
  • Fast Facts:

    1. Submission to the United Nations covers more than 1m sq km (386,000 sq miles) of seabed
    2. Suggests a possible race for potentially energy rich territory around the south pole
    3. 1959 Antarctic treaty states that no new claims shall be asserted on the continent - the treaty was agreed to prevent territorial disputes

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