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There are many reasons to why we should not develop Antarctica. First, the oil and fishing has had problems over the past few years resulting in significant environmental damage.

Although there may be many useful resources like coal, hydrocarbons, iron ore, platinum, copper, gold and other minerals to be found, development is not permitted under the Antarctic Treaty.

In 1998, an agreement was reached to add a 50 year ban on mining until the year 2048.

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