Who does the Antarctic belong to?

Answer 1

Antarctica belongs to the world and is protected by the United Nations and the Antarctic Treaty. Antarctica is the highest, driest, windiest, coldest, cleanest, most isolated and most peaceful continent on earth.

Answer 2

Antarctica has no government, although various countries claim sovereignty in certain regions. Although a few of these countries have mutually recognized each other's claims, the validity of these claims is not recognized universally.

Answer 3

Antarctica belongs to no country, and it belongs to all humans on earth.

The continent -- included in the Antarctic Treaty that governs earth south of 60 degrees South Latitude -- is dedicated to science: scientific research about the health of planet earth.

All scientific studies are shared with all governments that signed the treaty, representing 80% of earth's population.

Answer 4

Antarctica 'belongs' to the governments that signed the Antarctic Treaty -- representing 80% of the population of planet earth. This 'ownership' is essentially shared stewardship, as is all scientific study and results performed on the continent.

Answer 5

Antarctica belongs to no country, while at the same time benefiting 80% of planet Earth's population.

All land and ice south of 60 degrees S is governed by the Antarctic Treaty, which specifies that it is all dedicated to the scientific study of the health of our planet.

Seven countries claimed territorial-shaped slices of Antarctica prior to 1959, and those claims are held in abeyance by the treaty, while it also prohibits future claims. The treaty has been signed by or ratified by 53 entities (by 2016), and all scientific details are shared among all entities, regardless of who funds the research.

Answer 6

Antarctica is not a coverings nation, so there is no government to claim any other country..

Answer 7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica