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The Logistics of Living in Antarctica | Wendover Productions
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Antarctica is the Earth's coldest, most desolate, most isolated, windiest, driest, and southernmost continent. All but 2% of the landmass is covered in ice thousands of feet thick. Human eyes did not gaze upon the continent until 1820.
Even feet did not touch Antarctica until 1895. It is not a place built for humans, but still, thousands of people live there for up to years on end. But how do they get there, how do they live there, and how does Antarctica work?
Antarctica has thousands of residents, significant infrastructure, and a large transport network, and yet it's one of the very few areas of land on earth not part of any country. Some countries have made Antarctic claims—Chile, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Norway, Australia, France, and New Zealand—but they are exactly that—claims.
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