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The south pole IS colonized. There is literally a colony there since 1956
by tekla 3y ago
The south pole IS colonized. There is literally a colony there since 1956
- idlewords 3y agoA colony implies sustained long-term habitation by the same people; that's not true for the South Pole station, which is a research facility where people rotate out. As far as I know, the only country to try colonizing Antarctica proper has been Argentina, with a small number of families settling at Esperanza Base (at the north end of the Antarctic Penninsula) and a big fuss made about the first kids born on the Antarctic mainland. Chile maintains a little civilian settlement called Villa Las Estrellas on an offshore Antarctic island with similar motives as the Argentines. Everyone else just ignores this embarrassing rivalry.
- dredmorbius 3y agoChecking via Wikipedia, the entire population of the continent (not just ASSPS) is 4,000, in the summer. It drops to about 1,000 in winter. As you note, there've been several births (Wikipedia states 11), with those listed being Argentine. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Antarctica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Antarctica>
- gumby 3y agoI interpret the OP's use of the term "colonize" to mean "permanently relocate to"