Why is Antarctica Divided? (Short Animated Documentary)

[@connorgolden4]

I’m pretty sure James Bisonette is the rightful claimant to the “unclaimed bit”.

[@RenneVangr]

Nope, PewDiePie

[@sharkronical]

He is the rightful claimant of all of it, and every other land mass except for a patch at History Matters's house

[@jacobarmour6325]

Nah pewds my bro

[@stenbak88]

I’d have to agree with you

[@juanaragon9226]

Yeah I bet he can afford it

[@BossVolt]

I refer to a classic Al Murray joke on the Race to the South Pole. 'The Norweigans got there first, fair and square, right? But since we got there second we could verify that victory, meaning we were the umpire on that, so our match, our rules, we win.'

[@theemissary1313]

Given this logic, i would love to see at the next Wimbledon tournament, an umpire just giving themself points to win the trophy.

[@BossVolt]

@@theemissary1313 That would certainly be... different 😆

[@weldin]

Well, the last time the Norwegians got to a new continent first not much happened until the Spanish came around.

[@Wanderer628]

The pub landlord is one of the most underrated comedians ever.

[@skunkrat01]

Probably why now Australia holds the largest claim. We can be.... tricky when it comes to cricket

[@squirrelonmapletree]

I'm frequently surprised by how detailed the drawings of guns and other weapons are in these shorts.

[@robertrichard6107]

M-14's were around for awhile before the Treaty I imagine, good enough velocity in cold. After Geo-physical Year an '59 treaty, you don't really see guns, perhaps for rabid dogs. I think an aircraft commander can pack a 1911.

[@maddoxcindy5017]

@@robertrichard6107 what

[@para_magnus2200]

@@robertrichard6107 okay so that wasn’t what his comment was about

[@davidweikle9921]

@@robertrichard6107 even if they can't, they isn't still sneak something just-in-case. And they can justify some weapons for survival, at least in most instances.

[@openthinker6562]

2:14 You can even see the flash hider on the M-14 that was standard

[@nittanyburg20]

It’s interesting that the US wanted to find a place to simulate arctic combat, despite already owning Alaska

[@mackenziebeeney3764]

Literally tho like wut

[@sskuk1095]

They could operate in Antarctica with much more secrecy

[@hriscubogdan2292]

Alaska was too close to the USSR

[@kieranhurst8543]

history matters is a globehead shill. he denies the existence of FLAT EARTh. The FLATNESS of the EARTH is written about in the HOLY BOOK OF CHRIST. This man DARES to question scripture and he will be CAST DOWN for it. ANTARCTICA is a myth INVENTED by the powerful nations of the EARTH to keep you IGNORANT OF THE TRUTH.

[@snooziii]

@@kieranhurst8543 i, too, dare to question scripture

[@KingOscar_1844]

I love “The Thing” reference. I almost did a spit take 😂

[@UmeshABhat]

02:19 R E S E A R C H.

[@lalehiandeity1649]

@UCRVq_sP4Wy1AngxdGM_CrFQ 2:20

[@Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm]

"We are demilitarized but flamethrowers are OK, since we just keep them to stay warm and heat up metal wires"

[@connorgolden4]

Same

[@memeology929]

WINDOWS BLAST HIM!

[@newsreelhistory2237]

One of the Africans at 0:07 having one limb shorter then the other for "reasons" is such a brutal blink and you'll miss it easter egg.

[@theskepticalwhaler4946]

The Belgians?

[@HenningGu]

@@theskepticalwhaler4946 definitely

[@lucinae8512]

The Congo under Leopald II of Belgium.

[@borisborkovic8894]

I get it

[@SacredCowStockyards]

@@theskepticalwhaler4946 the Belgians actually treated the Congo super well after they got it off Leopold's hands. For a while Kinshasa was the richest city in sub Saharan Africa.

[@paintingdreams290]

i love how Australia just owns a huge chunk of the continent but france owns a small chunk in between

[@SwampKryakwa]

Not owns, claims, nobody actually owns it

[@68404]

We have to buy our croissants somewhere.

[@angelcabeza6464]

​@@zachatck64in that case since most western research in Antarctica is ruined by the US all of Antarctica is American

[@dusk6159]

​​@@angelcabeza6464Ran* sneaky automatic corrector I bet

[@smalltime0]

@@angelcabeza6464 The logistics is pretty much all done by Australia, as well as a large chunk of the research. It is almost like it is a collaboration

[@walterw8223]

_"You Gotta Be F**kin' Kidding"_ - Robert Falcon Scott, after seeing the Norwegian flag probably

[@memeology929]

and Palmer after seeing the Norwegian-Spider-Thing

[@edh8900]

Sixth video asking: Why did Korea have 6 republics? Also, I love The Thing reference.

[@theskepticalwhaler4946]

Coup, coup, coup, coup, coup

[@TravisBroski]

Considering France went through five, I’m really interested in how South Korea blitzed through six under a century

[@D.A.R.89]

@EDH8900 oh wait i found it in the Video lol

[@edh8900]

@@TravisBroski actually, under 50 years.

[@kostam.1113]

Political instability That is the simple answer

[@quackquack8043]

The British hears that there's new land The British: Just one more bite wont hurt

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

" I love land".

[@lonmurphy4698]

It even includes the sequel where Americans with a bunch of guns show up and go “Manifest Destiny!”

[@FUBBA]

@@lonmurphy4698 nah the typical well-over half a millenia of greedy british imperial tendencies meme was funnier

[@nuraby_9228]

The British when seeing native people on that land: Well a little raping, looting, and murdering is ok.

[@thefrenchareharlequins2743]

A great man once said, "let's hope nobody finds oil there." Edit: There is oil there that is prohibitively expensive to drill, I know, you can shut up about it now.

[@brandonlyon730]

Hasn’t oil been discovered there before but nobody did anything with it due to Antarctica’s climate and the whole who owns who thing?

[@X3h0n]

There's tons of oil, gold, silver and almost any kind of natural mineral resources one can think of in Antarctica. Same goes for the world's oceans as well, but generally it's under way too much water in both cases to be worth it.

[@timezone5259]

Even if there is oil, it would probably be solid

[@thefrenchareharlequins2743]

@@brandonlyon730 I wouldn't know. I am not a geologist.

[@ObliviAce]

@@brandonlyon730 shhhh dont give anyone any ideas

[@Antonsimcze]

The Thing reference is great, wonder how many people actually knew the reference

[@currahee1782]

I'm one of those who noticed it as well.

[@milosm9280]

@Cutler Cross he is taking abt "the research one" (02:19).It is from some film that i didnt watch .

[@Fuzato15]

@@milosm9280 spoiler: it takes place in antartica. Jokes aside: it is a great film, give it a try.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Kurt Russell is pleased!

[@ecurewitz]

raises hand

[@-TheLynx-]

0:10 As a Norwegian myself, I couldn't help but laugh at how accurate that sign is, as we would totally do that just to annoy the Swedes. History Matters always remembers to do thorough research, even with the Norwegians petty rivalry with our Swedish neighbors, which makes this even more funny!

[@Antonh.]

As a swede I noticed it and thought "that's correct!"

[@Barbaria_Sailing]

Well the joke is actually on the Norwegians. Swedes are allowed to go, but not Norwegians without major hurdles set out by the Norwegian Polar institute 😂

[@whollibaugh]

Looks like a Swede at 0:51 😂

[@ThoriberoCaroli]

We still like you more than we like the Danes though. ^^

[@KorbinX]

I mean isn't Denmark technically still at war with one of you? Or Finland? Idk y'all are crazy lol

[@rl9217]

The heads of power in America, Britain, France and Germany: “We’d like to claim this chunk of Antarctica, let us speak to your leader.” Penguins: “He’s right over there.” The Emperor Penguins that live there: “We’ll grant you land in exchange for fish, full species protection and a role in a new Madagascar movie.“

[@TheOstry322]

Hahaha

[@G31M1]

lmao

[@kieranhurst8543]

history matters is a globehead shill. he denies the existence of FLAT EARTh. The FLATNESS of the EARTH is written about in the HOLY BOOK OF CHRIST. This man DARES to question scripture and he will be CAST DOWN for it. ANTARCTICA is a myth INVENTED by the powerful nations of the EARTH to keep you IGNORANT OF THE TRUTH.

[@DK-tv6rk]

@@kieranhurst8543 bot

[@guinevereemilysummers9945]

@@kieranhurst8543this gave me a good laugh, thanks.

[@sanghelian]

i love how illustration image for "antarctic research" was the same one that pops in my head if "antarctic research bases" are brought up

[@spaceyote7174]

I love the thought of Argentina and Chile just colonising Antarctica during WWII when no one was looking

[@theoneandonlyartyom]

hey we needed to get something useful out of the war too

[@OK-qj9lw]

As an Antarctican, I ask myself this question everyday.

[@kostam.1113]

One day we might have real antarcticans

[@aphato2770]

@@kostam.1113 there already are. Chile and argentina send elven pairs there so the resulting childs would be antarcticans and thus strenghten their claims to it

[@TheCimbrianBull]

An Antarctica divided can not stand on its own!

[@Alusnovalotus]

@@aphato2770 I didn’t know those countries had ELVES!?!? How cool!!

[@robertrichard6107]

@@aphato2770 First child born there in '74 of Chilean parents.

[@curtisevanschicago]

Antarctica is the one continent carved up by powerful countries *literally* like a pie 🥧

[@westrim]

They all missed out on the baked Alaska, so they staked their claims to this dessert.

[@oliverkim6610]

​@@westrimis that a play on words because Antarctica is also a desert in some parts? 😂

[@CallieMasters5000]

This is definitely one of those "Possession is 9/10s of the law" kind of situation. You get there, you got it.

[@mlc4495]

You can get there but it means nothing if you cannot hold it. That's why African colonisation actually required doing stuff with imperial claims. You couldn't just stick a flag down on a million square miles and call it your own. Hence why the US promptly ignored all claims on Antarctica since they didn't do anything bar the odd research station.

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

​@@mlc4495 Correct. Without a military presence, it's redundant.

[@Elitist20]

Fun fact: Australia issues postage stamps for the Australian Antarctic Territory, but in practice they're almost all used in mainland Australia (where they're legal for use on mail) or sold by Australia Post to collectors.

[@irasingh2498]

🟧 SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE HISTORY MATTERS

[@YourVintageStick]

The penguins be like ‘We won’t go down like the Africans and Natives Americans’

[@HiringHamblin]

@Pantsmonster Except the non-Natives

[@alexjv1370]

@@HiringHamblin I mean, in reality everyone is sort of a non native when you think about it. Lands have been conquered throughout time whether it be in Asia, the Americas, Europe, or Africa.

[@agentg7227]

*angry skiper, privete, kovalski and rico noises*

[@ecurewitz]

we'll just send more leopard seals after them

[@vercot7000]

@Pantsmonster It's a term used for the past 50 or so years. Telling people "eVeRyOnE iS a nAtIVe" over and over again is like repeatedly telling Americans that south Americans are also "Americans" because they live in south America. Both are useless points to bring up.

[@idlm2199]

I really appreciate the consistency in giving the same color to every country throughout all the videos

[@uwtartarus]

"The Thing" is my number one favorite movie. Love the quick ref.

[@gideonmele1556]

Even knowing about the subject and the reasoning it’s always nice to hear history matters’ take on it. Also thud

[@matthewbrotman2907]

0:50 it wasn’t decorated *that* much, but essentially that’s what Robert Scott found.

[@jonbaxter2254]

His face is brilliant. Such a, "fuck" look to him

[@aestheticaero55]

I was thinking earlier, “Isn’t this around the time History Matters uploads a video?” And then I get a History Matter notification

[@ecurewitz]

It's always time for History matters to upload

[@kieranhurst8543]

History Matters is a GLOBEHEAD SHILL. he denies the existence of FLAT EARTH. The FLATNESS of the EARTH is written about in the HOLY BOOK OF CHRIST. This man DARES to question scripture and he will be CAST DOWN for it. ANTARCTICA is a myth INVENTED by the powerful nations of the EARTH to keep you IGNORANT OF THE TRUTH.

[@ecurewitz]

@@kieranhurst8543 I seriously hope you're joking

[@kieranhurst8543]

@@ecurewitz I hope you'll wake up someday and see through the lies

[@ecurewitz]

@@kieranhurst8543 if it is a flat earth conspiracy theory, then it is a lie

[@marcosfonseca8195]

I’m gonna continue asking: how was life in Asia central during the Soviet Union thing Great video by the way!

[@Merle1987]

It was shit. There were ethnic riots on a regular basis.

[@planescaped]

Hey altaic peoples, you're -Russian- nvm -Soviet- actually Russian, give me taxes!

[@timmccarthy872]

Took a class on that in college, actually. The Soviet union pumped up cotton production through irrigation and heavy pesticides/fertilizer, which incidentally ended up turning the Aral Sea into a dry polluted wasteland. They built factories and dams to develop the areas far from the German war machine. Russians and other people were resettled on the barren Kazakh steppes in the Virgin Lands Campaign but quickly left because surprise surprise, it was uninhabitable. Nuclear testing. Space launches. Then the USSR broke up and the countries started going at each other's throats.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

@@timmccarthy872 don't forget about famous Kazakhstani journalist Borat Sagdiev!

[@mathewvanostin7118]

Ussr basicaly was acting like welfare state to central asia and was the one who develop the regions into modernity. Cause the area was a century behind in term of science and knowledge 😆 Central asian have a positive look on ussr/russian influence Its not like in europe and caucasus where they all were like "meh if lithuanian runned lithuania we would be world best economy. The problem are the russians" 😂 funny now they all immigrate to russia. A good lesson that nationalistic pride dont make the country magicaly better

[@pagansbasin6657]

Because Kelly moneymaker sold sections of it to the highest bidder

[@MarcTelang]

Mrs Wolf now donated more than Kelly moneymaker still James Bissonete rains supreme

[@Smulpaap123]

Classic Kelly Moneymaker

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Don't forget about Sky Chapelle, Spinning Three Plates and Phil de Oink Oink!

[@dan-phone4665]

@@TheCimbrianBull and iggy?

[@TheCimbrianBull]

@@dan-phone4665 yes, of course!

[@ivanwilliams7413]

LITERALLY did a double take and had to rewind to make sure I didn't imagine that The Thing reference. Gold Star for that surprise!

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

As former member of the USAP: well done! Covering this in 3 minutes is impressive!

[@robertrichard6107]

I thought it was USARP's?

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

@@robertrichard6107 USARP? USAP= United States Antarctic Program. There's also an Office of Polar Research - which covers both North and South.

[@robertrichard6107]

@@michaelhoffmann2891 Oh, use to be Antarctic Research Program.

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

@@robertrichard6107 That was in the very beginning and didn't last long. I'm not that old. ;)

[@skylarius3757]

The Emperor Penguin claimed what was left.

[@euproductions8615]

No pewds will claim the last one

[@CosmicCreeper99]

James Bisonette went there, found it too cold and passed his claim to the continent and allowed everyone else a piece of it.

[@juliusnepos6013]

Lol

[@italia689]

Same with Kelly Moneymaker and Sky Chapelle,

[@jamesbissonette8002]

Yep, not a fan of the cold

[@TheCimbrianBull]

@@italia689 And let's not forget about Spinning Three Plates and Phil de Oink Oink!

[@nicorath2]

The "The Thing" reference is amazing. I laughed a lot

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Kurt Russell approves of your comment.

[@zoviet100]

You had to go to an ice-bound continent to have no scenes of someone running through the flowers

[@Maus_Indahaus]

Why is Antarctica not owned yet? Well, penguins. Humans learned from their mistake in the Emu war, no more fighting birds

[@thegamerpersonstone721]

I swear those things know our every move...

[@Detective_L]

Strange considering flying types are weak to rock, electric and Ice.

[@nejiiuyn]

@@Detective_L But they're super effective against fighting, hence why we lose every time we fight them.

[@sativablack8245]

China fought sparrows (the Four Pests campaign), and they almost won, until it started to wreak havoc on the ecological balance of nature, and Mao Zedong ended this campaign in 1960 and shifted it to bed bugs. TL;DR: China tried to kill an entire bird species, and it came back to bite them in the a**.

[@joundii3100]

@@sativablack8245 We can laugh at Australians but at least they didn't take 50 million casualties against sparrows

[@rl9217]

America, France, Britain and Germany: (take an interest in Antarctica) The penguins that live there not wanting to get the same treatment natives of other countries have faced: “Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave-“

[@aapkefather1872]

Penguins will be "civilised".

[@akai4942]

@@aapkefather1872 they have emperors! i guess they're civilized already.

[@rl9217]

@@akai4942 America and the European powers: “We need to civilize those birds” Penguins, dapperly dressed gentlemen that already have two species called Kings and Emperor’s: “Pfft, plebeians-“

[@TheCimbrianBull]

The US will democratize them soon enough.

[@robertrichard6107]

That's what the Arawak tried.

[@connorgolden4]

Yet another answer to a question I never asked but am glad to now know.

[@timmccarthy872]

Try AtlasPro's video on Marie Byrd Land if you want more.

[@skyler6175]

Jay foreman already did this video, and in more detail.

[@aagamjain1395]

@@skyler6175 foreman is THE GOAT

[@WesternCivics]

Antarctica is a really interesting situation; glad you made a video about it.

[@lelie4221]

yis yis

[@robertrichard6107]

Ya good ya.

[@jacopofolin6400]

Why you have a white flag?

[@samrodrigues3199]

2:21 Just wanted to say I love your silly jokes and references, and this one for The Thing didn't disappoint

[@nitishkumarjurel241]

People keep talking about "the thing" but I don't get it. Can you please explain it to me!

[@jimpaek]

@@nitishkumarjurel241 It's a John Carpenter movie from the 80's set in a Antartica, more specifically in a scientific base. The three characters in the video depicts a famous scene in that movie.

[@nitishkumarjurel241]

@@jimpaek okay I got it now. Thanks for explaining 👍

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Kurt Russell approves of your comment.

[@robertrichard6107]

@@jimpaek One of the actors was actually a Deep Freeze helo pilot!

[@Gungho73]

Antarctica's existence/history for some reason is the most fascinating thing to me lately, not just this video but this video certainly helps explores that.

[@stevemc01]

Russia's probably like: "Hey since I used to be the Soviets... can I still get........?"

[@danielbishop1863]

Actually, yes. The Russian Federation is the successor state to the Soviet Union, so they get all of its international treaty perks, including its permanent seat on the UN Security Council, and its right to reserve a claim on Antarctica. Russia hasn't actually made a claim yet, though, probably because it already owns more frozen wasteland than it knows what to do with.

[@brusse]

Aw, the portrait of Queen Maud on the wall touched my heart 🇳🇴👸

[@carlosmafia]

I did enjoy this episode, thank YOU for having us.

[@jakethegreatestofalltime]

1:04 When your colonies start colonizing

[@jonbaxter2254]

Scott looks so done at the leaving sign from the Norweigians

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

bit sad, innit?

[@alexandercampbell7903]

The Bearded Guy and The Black Guy pointing a gun at a tied up guy look like Kurt Russell & T.K. Carter from John Carpenter's The Thing (1982); and was a scene from The Thing in order to isolate The Monster. The movie does take place in Antarctica; and thank you for hiding a reference in your animated short for one of my all-time favorite movies.

[@nerdguy9699]

Sees Antarctica Other Europeans: MORE LAND!! Denmark: Already got one of those thanks!

[@EmpireFanatic]

Whilst Norway thinks, "well seems its high time we replace our loss of Iceland and Greenland". What was that? We already have enough "colonies" made up of frozen Wasteland? (in Svalbard, Jan Mayen, Bouvet Island and Peter I Island) Nonsene! PS: The Norwegian part of Antarctica is called "Queen Mauds land".

[@olanordmann2743]

@@EmpireFanatic We lost Greenland to Mother Earth fair and square. Iceland was stolen though.

[@FakeAnarchist]

The reference to John Carptenter's The Thing at 2:20 is the best visual joke in the history of this channel by far.

[@wanderingspaceman16]

History Matters really does matter

[@ThatFreakingGinger]

Yay, he posted

[@skunkrat01]

Hilarious as always, your signs never fail to make me laugh out loud for real.

[@nashieboi7496]

I heard that a man named Felix Kjelberg owns that unclaimed part of the said region.

[@jtejada615]

I love your “The Thing” reference lol 😂

[@nitishkumarjurel241]

What "the thing" reference? Can you explain it to me?

[@maximianocoelho4496]

@@nitishkumarjurel241 Its a movie, go watch it, it Damn good, I like the 2011 because it haves my girl Mary Elizabeth Winstead, but the 1982 is better.

[@nitishkumarjurel241]

@@maximianocoelho4496 so the image at 2:19 is just the reenactment of a scene from this movie?

[@adrijanmajeric5560]

@@nitishkumarjurel241 Yes

[@nitishkumarjurel241]

@@adrijanmajeric5560 okay finally got it now. Thanks for the explanation 👍

[@JOGA_Wills]

"The Thing" Reference!!! One of my all time favorite movies. Fqin love this channel

[@mrloop1530]

"Norwegian Antarctica - No Swedes Allowed" As a Dane I'll just grant myself this honorable mention.

[@wedonteatbears]

Favorite moment of the channel in this video: the The Thing reference.

[@AlcoholicBoredom]

I agree: that reference was awesome.

[@izaactheberean6860]

Crazy how this continent was only fully discovered a little over 200 years ago. In comparison, Columbus hit North America right before 1500 & vikings sailed to it hundreds of years before.

[@sat2625]

Fuck Colombus. He didn't "discover" the Americas. False History. Vikings W

[@AloisAgos]

It's cold down there, and pretty much every major expansionist country was in the northern hemisphere, so it's a lot of travel.

[@betaraven1833]

My day just got 20 times better

[@breaderikthegreat3224]

Make a Video about how Magnificent Sulaiman the Magnificent is

[@LOLERXP]

Rated Kinda Magnificent by satisfied customers

[@TheCimbrianBull]

@@LOLERXP four out of five stars.

[@ruskaaret]

you mean was

[@breaderikthegreat3224]

@@ruskaaret no

[@ruskaaret]

@@breaderikthegreat3224 can't be so magnificent when he's dead

[@thecommunistdoggo1008]

You should do a video on how the American mafia reacted to 9/11 given they controlled all the steel construction in NYC

[@virtualdemon3976]

Hey, Felix owns the “unclaimed part”

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

If James Bisonette, Kelly Moneymaker and Sky Chapel would team up to claim the entire universe, everyone would recognize them as legitimate.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

What about Spinning Three Plates and Phil de Oink Oink?

[@cvpgame7267]

Universe Battle Royale let's gooo

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

@@TheCimbrianBull The entire multiverse would be theirs

[@VectorTracker]

They could probably afford it anyway

[@Elitist20]

Boogilly Woogilly, McWhopper and Scottish Trekkie want in.

[@chimebirdplayer3327]

For your next video, I'd suggest talking about early humans (often referred to as "caveman") and - much like you did with Knights and the Wild West - debunk many of the common myths: For example, the earliest humans were nomads and didn't live in names, and early humans didn't keep Dinosaurs nor Wooly Mammoths as pets.

[@PeterPeter-pr2hi]

I can already imagine how the dispute behind this looks like "The penguins that live here are Argentinian and have been since generations!" "Come on, there are way more Norwegian seals here" "The rightful owners of the place are the albatross who are obviously French, but they have been driven out of their homes" "All of the penguins here are British"

[@ultimatestoryteller]

Meanwhile in 2050: _some random dude discovers Oil there_ *Murica : "Those penguins need freedom and democracy"*

[@andrepovoa988]

We already know there's Oil and other resources there, like gold. But it's all beneath a ton of ice, so good luck reaching it in a profitable manner... also, you know geopolitics and stuff

[@aapkefather1872]

"Penguins have developed weapons of mass destruction"

[@MatsLM]

How would penguins vote tho…, I know it’s a joke, but, just think about it.

[@ultimatestoryteller]

@@MatsLM Americans would simply switch their current leader with a puppet one who wouldn't mind all the chaos they'd create.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

@@aapkefather1872 "They can be deployed in 45 minutes."

[@mr.neworld2031]

I like how your videos are short and informative 👍🏻

[@segevider3566]

Do a video about why Australia isn’t divided between Holland and Britain

[@RenneVangr]

Because the British --stole-- "traded" it, just like South Africa, India, Canada and the USA.

[@ce1834]

@@RenneVangr umm no they didn’t , the dutch explored but didnt think it worth the hassle to claim it etc.

[@ce1834]

@@RenneVangr trade was their main goal unlike the ambitions of settler colonies of the British Empire with their resources. the Dutch focused on the slave trade, guns, spices etc…

[@robertrichard6107]

@@ce1834 And/ or Spanish Netherlands I thought.

[@alexandermcveigh178]

Let’s go new history matters video!

[@mrsnufflegums]

Notably it's only divided that way until about 2050 (i forget the exact year), so the Antarctic treaty needs to be renegotiated before then

[@zddxddyddw]

2040*

[@mrsnufflegums]

@@zddxddyddw yes thank you for the clarification :D

[@charlieputzel7735]

Theoretically all that would have to happen is for them to re ratify it with a later end date, which would probably happen so long as it's still prohibitively expensive to extract resources there.

[@ExpiredMike]

Hey history matters, I am not a patreon supporter BUT I watched the full double ads at the start of the video

[@robertrichard6107]

me too

[@matthewlaurence3121]

As Australia has the largest share of Antarctica, does that technically make the Commonwealth territorially larger? Therefore the second biggest nation on the globe?

[@seanlander9321]

Yep. One and a half continents to be precise.

[@DylanoRevs]

2:19 The thing reference?

[@Peroskiller]

ye

[@senshikaya]

I am starting to ship James Bisonette with Kelly Moneymaker

[@BilTheGalacticHero]

The Thing slide is EPIC. Well done.

[@SailingKaiser]

"No Swedes Allowed" is very reasonable.

[@readisgooddewaterkant7890]

Jag håller med

[@Carolus_Rex1995]

Come for the history, stay for the pop culture references

[@NoName-hl8wb]

I laughed so hard at the "The Thing" reference I played it back a few times. Got to love cult classics

[@robertrichard6107]

Some of that was shot at old Little America III in Maori Byrd Land (the unclaimed area)

[@thomasnihil4878]

Thanks for the short The Thing insert. Gold!

[@agactual2]

I hope he one day does a video explaining the breakup of Yugoslavia and the aftermath. I’ve tried reading about those events a hundred times and they are still so confusing.

[@grimbleweed4026]

No one really knows how Yugoslavia broke up they just know it's really, really controversial...

[@SwampKryakwa]

@@grimbleweed4026 more like "US is to blame but how can we openly speak about that, we can't say anything bad about our lord American Empire!"

[@edwinhuang9244]

@@SwampKryakwa I feel like it's a bit more complicated than "The US bombed it apart".

[@willmadden172]

You should really be using your 3 hashtags on KZbin. Love the content as always!

[@rustix3]

0:14 I was surprised that no USA, Russian/Soviet, Chinese flags are there. Learned later in the video that USA and Russia can claim any portion of it at any time)) By the way what about China? They didn't signed the treaty 1:57 . They may build an island next to unclaimed territory and claim it.

[@harbingerd.8457]

Knowing Winnie the Pooh, that might be on the next of his to-do list

[@aworthlessnobody1859]

2:20 I love the reference to John Carpenter's The Thing.

[@andrewgutmann9432]

1:57 5. Take your sh!t with you when you leave. Literally.

[@ThePeacemaker848]

I love "The Thing" reference

[@crocs4304]

Because they can't allow the penguins to become too powerful.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

The level is 9000!

[@akshayp8820]

Kinda amazing that they agree on a common mid point

[@Iason29]

I always believed it was James Cook the true discoverer of Antarctica. Sure in practice we don't know what he saw exactly and never set foot on the continent or discover land like the others did. He sailed as much south as he dared in search of the Great Southern Continent before claiming he had ran into "a wall of ice". Either way he was the first person to ever prove The Southern Continent theory a myth and instead it was nothing more than a much smaller continent of wasteland and ice, since after him, no European ever dared dream of a vast and green Great Southern Continent ever again, thus the discovery of Antarctica ought to be attributed to him.

[@L1M.L4M]

Imagine living in an independent Antarctic Nation

[@Home-EdHistory]

Great video, as always! Everything has been effected in some way by World War Two and the Cold War.

[@robertrichard6107]

Don't forget about the New Cold World War Order started by Zio-NATO.

[@________3359]

Patrons then: James Bissonnette Patrons now: James Bissonnette

[@hazunki8807]

pewdiepie wants rest

[@Aqualisted]

shut up

[@JaydentheMathGuy]

Time traveler: *farts* The world: Antarctica is now green!

[@irasingh2498]

🏐 SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE HISTORY MATTERS

[@dickassman9244]

James Bissonette divided Antarctica

[@SilencedP2P]

Bro the thing is my favorite movie, loved the refrence!

[@skeetrix5577]

BRING BACK 10 MIN HISTORY!!

[@CosmicCreeper99]

He already explained years ago why he can’t do that. He wants to and we all wish he could but he just can’t. Blame KZbin.

[@skeetrix5577]

@@CosmicCreeper99 I know he explained why but that doesn't mean I still don't want them anyways. Ive watched every one they are perfect when eating alone

[@7swordsinc909]

love that "the thing" reference on 2:19

[@RapinatorOhYeah]

Me: *Know Chile Is Long* **Watch This** Me: *Chile is Longer than I Think*

[@DJBillionator]

Thanks for changing your commercial format. ;)

[@DJBillionator]

See! I'm a jerk. Not an asshole. :D

[@PlaceholderforBjorn]

As a swede I laughed hard at "No swedes allowed" 🤣

[@matthiasfoets7989]

Belgium’s important expeditions and claims in antarctica should ‘ve been incorporated in this nice video.