Who owns/governs Antarctica?
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Different countries have claims on settlements there but no one actually owns/governs it.\nLooks like Australia, Chile, Argentina, UK, France and New Zealand claim to own sections of it.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antartica
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USA thinks they own the world
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Antarctica, S.P. is startingpoint
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The U.S. actually doesn't have protectorates anymore. They are all called "Insular Areas" and are regulated by the Office of Insular Affairs.
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Denmark. They control Greenland don't they.
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For the last 15 million years or so, Antarctica has been mostly ice covered.  But underneath, the ancient rocks that make up this continent are still there.\n\nBefore that, it was still connected to Australia and India and was located farther to the north on the globe.\n\nFar enough back (about 160+ million years) and it was located on the equator.\n\nAbout 25 million years ago it split off from the other continental bits and once the Antarctic circumpolar current developed, the weather isolation and cold kicked in, creating a very cold desert with little precipitation, but no meltingof the snows.\n\nOver the subsequent millions of years an average ice pack depth of 2 miles developed.\n\nif it all melted, the oceans would all raise something like 200 feet!
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Maybe ice worms, they live in glacial ice.  Some microbes have been found in Antarctica ice.  I can't find any information if Orcas or leopard seals hang out at the North Pole.  Emperor Penguins live at Antarctica.
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Not many people live in Antarctica. Only scientists and researchers spend there time there. It's too cold.
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By sovereign nation - I'd say Brazil.\n\n \n\nContinent = Africa\n\nNation = Brazil\n\nState = FL
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my guess would be the United States Government (USG)\n\nevery person or entity is responsable for it's own actions, whether they be good or bad.
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ANTARCTICA\n\ncool peaceful \n\nfree from politics. well thats not quite true. even antarctica has oil reserves and very soon bush will reach that place also.\n\nbut till that time it is the best place..\n\n(only a few malls and theatres are required)
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The entity with the most land is the US Government.  As for individuals, here's a very dated (1997) list:\n\nhttp://www.endgame.org/landlords-100.html
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Where is the land and do you own it outright????
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Antarctica and Australia
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Someday it will be.  Earth reverses its magnetic poles periodically, so one day Antarctica will be to the north.
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Here are some cool facts...\n\n~Antarctica is actually a desert, receiving about the same precipitation (less than 2 inches a year), as the Sahara Desert. \n\n~Dogs have been banned from Antarctica to protect the seal population. \n\n~If Antarctica were to melt, the sea level would rise over 200 feet. \n\nHere are some links that have more...