Nations who focused efforts on whaling laid claim to
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Nations who focused efforts on whaling laid claim to major areas around the continent of Antarctica. The Peninsula is home to claims from Chile, Britain and Argentina. Other countries that have claims to this area include France, New Zealand, Norway and Australia. Expert resources on antarctica travel adventures are located on that site.
In 1940, the Nazis in Germany ordered airplanes to send stakes emblazoned with swastikas down to the land in order to claim it on behalf of the Third Reich. With the world pre-occupied by WWII, Antarcitica found itself alone except for the whalers who came to hunt the great animals. However, science would soon be motivated by celestial events to return to Antarctica.