Antarctica And the Industrial Revolution
24 February 2010
The superpowers of this era did not step forward to assert claims or otherwise interfere, although they did reservce the right to make claims in the future. This cleaver act made smaller countries follow their lead and did not press their territorial claims either. Go to this site for further information on affordable travel to antarctica. Throughout Antarctica, nations with economies that were dependent on whaling claimed ownership of large parts of the continent. Those countries include England, Chile and Argentina. They each have land portions which overlap one another on the Peninsula. Other countries, such as Norway, Australia, New Zealand, and France have also claimed portions of the continent.