The world’s governments competed there in the 1920’s, 1930’s and a little bit in the 1940’s. The majority of national governments sending expeditions to Antarctica at last determined that it was way too costly to battle in the frigid dark and in the tempestuous seas. Military activity would be extremely difficult to pursue in the [...]
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In 1940 planes that were deployed by Nazi Germany
In 1940, planes that were deployed by Nazi Germany claimed huge expanses of the continent for the motherland by dropping stakes with the swastika engraved upon them onto Antarctica. Antarctica sat largely unnoticed as the global war raged, followed by the Cold War, and only the whalers, continuing their predatory ways, ventured to this icy [...]