Antarctica has been divided for the past half a century between Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Argentina and Chile. And their claims to the continent remain to this day. So why is this the case? Why is Antarctica divided and why by those countries in particular and not the United States, Russia or Japan? https://twitter.com/HistMattersYT Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-matters-store-2 A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible: Heath Robertson Michael Kram William Kaan Franco La Bruna Azlow the Lion Southside Mitch Andrew Partington John Ethan Godden Matthew Literovich Ryan Schindeler JakeBak0905 Hasmuffin Christian & Penny Gray Steven Gibson sharpie660 Gerald Armstrong Alex Teplyakov Travis Mount Philip Yip Richard Manklow Joshua Rackstraw Christopher Godfrey Shauna K Andrea Dekrout Jane Sumpter Aaron Conaway Samantha O'Leary Phoenix Fats Joooooshhhhhh Piotr Wojnowski Vance Christiaanse Joerg Schiemann Ron Johnson Porkmeister Andreas Mosand Paul Franche Coolin Castleman James Fouts Jack Nelson James Anthony Tat Tvam Asi Erik Hare Konstantin Bredyuk Andrew F Phillip Gathright Windischgraetz Colonel Oneill Arthur Hosey Jr. Baste João Santos Eugene Delacroix Tactical_Jackal David Johnston zockotron Sethars Dana Spurgeon HelloAgain Nicholas Menghini Roman Kynčl Cody Yarger Wesley Helgeson Matthew Toles Hugo Fernando Snowdon Liam Gilleece Allen Rines Isabel Harrison Chris Winther Mark Hoffman Ciege Engine Ian Smith Dullis Ian Jensen John Garcia Tim Lane Serius_Loyola Leena Al-Souki Sahni Zach Rust Matt Reed Robert Woodward Ricardo Salcedo Wilhelm Screamer Dr. Howard Dr. Fine Dr. Howard Clayton Schuman michael martin Mickey Landen William Adderholdt Michael Galloway Harley Raptopoulos Bradley Backoff Chris Weisel ARandomPaperClip Chase