I always thought Antarctica was neutral, but come to find out Chile claims part of it. In fact, when you watch the weather (different here—with pretty women as weatherpersons rather than old boring dudes) they give the weather in Chile’s part of Antarctica.
Turns out Chile has a military base there, and Antarctica is divided between most of the countries that have possessions close to the continent. Or at least that’s what the Chileans say. So, the big news is Chile is that Great Britain, which currently has a slice of Antarctica (because it owns the Falkland Islands), wants more, and it’s possible there will be a re-doing of the treaty/agreement on Antarctica. Chileans are sure that they will lose to the more powerful countries.
And why does Great Britain suddenly want more of Antarctica? Seems there is oil there. Oh, great. Hasn’t anyone seen “An Inconvenient Truth”?
