Posted on 01/21/2025 9:26:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Recently, the incoming Trump administration has expressed a desire to expand the territory of the United States.
One option for achieving this is the annexation of Marie Byrd Land, a region of Antarctica that is currently unclaimed by any nation and whose exploration was pioneered by the U.S.
Annexing this land can be done in a realistically achievable manner and would deliver practical gains.
Marie Byrd Land is a region in West Antarctica that currently comprises the largest unclaimed piece of land on the surface of Earth. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) describes it as stretching east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast.
It has an area of about 620,000 square miles. It was named in 1929 by Richard E. Byrd in honor of his wife Marie. Richard E. Byrd was an American who led several exploration missions to Antarctica, with his first expedition in 1928 and his last expedition in 1956.
On Dec. 1, 1959, the Antarctic Treaty was signed and in 1961 went into effect and set the basic criteria for how Antarctica has been governed since. Under Article IV of the treaty, most of the territorial claims at the time were frozen as it states, “No new claim, or enlargement of an existing claim, to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica shall be asserted while the present Treaty is in force.”
However, this does not apply to the United States because the U.S. reserved the right to claim territory in Antarctica.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
This could be more realistic than Greenland.
The April 7, 1959 National Security Council Report NSC 5905/1 “Statement of U.S. Policy On Antarctica,” declares that “the United States on numerous occasions in diplomatic notes and publicly has expressed its policy of reserving all its rights in the area” and that “one possible course of action for the United States to pursue in protecting its rights and interests in Antarctica would be to assert specific territorial claims of sovereignty in Antarctica.”
In the policy guidance section of the NSC report, it explicitly states “if required at any time for the protection of U.S. interests, claim the unclaimed area of Antarctica and reserve U.S. rights in the areas claimed by other powers or make claims in such areas as deemed appropriate.”
As I recall...Admiral Byrd had some 2nd thoughts on taking on Antarctica.
We could send the illegals down there to shovel snow and clean up the penguin crap.
Doing jobs Americans just won’t do.
International Treaties be damned?
We don’t need Antarctica. This is not a good idea. The upside is minimal. The downside—looking like Russia, just grabbing whatever you want—is not worth the effort.
Well, we could claim the moon too....
Send the excess IRS agents and other Federal emloyees down there too.
Better Idea. Reclaim America first
Claiming that chunk of land/ice would just about mean permanent dwellings as well as the infrastructure to maintain them. And who would want to settle there? What type of a income could a settler get from that place? It would largely have to be inhabited by a military installation or two.
It would be a good place to send our military’s trannies and other perverted misfits. Like being our Siberia.
Numerous countries already have manned and unmanned scientific research and weather stations.
Life at these stations is brutal and rather precarious, as the extreme cold never ends, even in the “summer” there and all supplies must be constantly restocked.
Not to mention the risk of more “Things” running around down there :)
No, we shouldn’t annex land in Antartica. Not until Trump builds up the military Air Force and Space Force. The alien bases there might not like our presence. For now, concentrate on our immediate borders on the mainland.
Most of our territory in Antarctica is actually an ice sheet that will be under water if the ice cap melts. But I saw recently that more than half of Antarctica is just water but for the ice.
...Researchers at NASA have discovered a huge upwelling of hot rock under Marie Byrd Land, which lies between the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea, is creating vast lakes and rivers under the ice sheet. The presence of a huge mantle plume could explain why the region is so unstable today, and why it collapsed so quickly at the end of the last Ice Age, 11,000 years ago....
Lots of geothermal energy under there.
Active volcano in Antarctica spews tiny crystals of gold worth $6,000 a day
UPI ^ | APRIL 25, 2024 / 9:53 AM | Monica Danielle, Accuweather.com
Posted on 4/30/2024, 2:52:19 PM by Red Badger
It sounds like a dream, but it’s true in Antarctica, gold rains from the sky. Tucked in among the glaciers, fiery Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, providing a bit of heat amid the frozen landscape....
Of course...it would cost much more to gather the particles up...
China’s New Antarctic Research Station Renews Concerns About Potential Security Threats
VOA News ^ | 2.16.2024 | William Yang
Posted on 2/17/2024, 3:56:08 PM by libh8er
China’s inauguration of a new scientific research station in Antarctica last week has renewed debate about the purpose and impact of the rapid expansion of Chinese presence on the continent.
Situated on Inexpressible Island near the Ross Sea, Qinling Station is China’s fifth scientific outpost and third research station on the continent that can operate year around. The station covers 5,244 square meters (6,272 square yards) and can house up to 80 people during summer months, according to Chinese state broadcaster CGTN.
Qinling Station is near the U.S. McMurdo Station and just south of Australia. A Center for Strategic and International Studies report published last April said its position could allow China to “collect signals intelligence from U.S.-allied Australia and New Zealand” as well as gather “telemetry data on rockets launching from newly established space facilities in both countries.”...
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