how do you legally clam land in Antarctica?

Question

I think it would be cool to say that I own land in antarctica

how can you clame part of the ocean?

Answer 1

international treaty dictates that no one owns the Antarctic continent, if someone could, a government would have laid claim to it long ago

Answer 2

However, if you were to become President, Dictator or King of your own country you could ignore the treaty and lay claim to any land you want. Just be prepared to backup your claim with a strong Army.

All joking aside, there is still plenty of land to be "claimed" but you have to claim it from the country that owns it. Antarctica is international territory. You can't claim it anymore that you can claim a part of the ocean or a crater on the moon. You can still make claim to land in Canada and some parts of the midwest, where mineral and mining rights are at stake. The process is arduous and expensive, but diamond and precious metal companies do it all the time.

Answer 3

Short answer, you don't

long answer

1st July 1957 - 31st Dec 1958 - It's International Geophysical Year (IGY) 12 nations establish over 60 stations in Antarctica. The beginning of international cooperation in Antarctica and the start of the process by which Antarctica becomes "non-national".

1961

Antarctic treaty comes into effect.

The Antarctic Treaty System is the whole complex of arrangements made for the purpose of regulating relations among states in the Antarctic. At its heart is the Antarctic Treaty itself. The original Parties to the Treaty were the 12 nations active in the Antarctic during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58. The Treaty was signed in Washington on 1 December 1959 and entered into force on 23 June 1961. The Consultative Parties comprise the original Parties and a further fourteen States that have become Consultative Parties by acceding to the Treaty and demonstrating their interest in Antarctica by carrying out substantial scientific activity there.

The primary purpose of the Antarctic Treaty is to ensure "in the interests of all mankind that Antarctica shall continue forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord." To this end it prohibits military activity, except in support of science; prohibits nuclear explosions and the disposal of nuclear waste; promotes scientific research and the exchange of data; and holds all territorial claims in abeyance. The Treaty applies to the area south of 60° South Latitude, including all ice shelves and islands.

Answer 4

You can't stake a claim to Antarctica or any other part of the world, those days are long gone partner.

Answer 5

You cannot. As of 1959, no nation can "claim" parts of Antarctica. It is regulated by the 1959 Antarctic Treaty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty).

Answer 6

You can't clam or claim land that way. there are international treaties dividing Antartica.

Answer 7

Actually, I beleive Australia has the claim over Antartica... so if we ever find oil over there- they will certainly be set.

Answer 8

Alas, you cannot.