LAND IN ANTARCTICA
RIGHT OF DISCOVERY AS BASIS
DISPUTED BY AMERICA
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received 6th August, 10 a.m.) WILLIAMSTOWN (MASS.), ' sth August. "Many of Britain's claims in the Antarctic, particularly in the Falkland Island Dependencies and the Boss Dependency, are challengeable' on the basis of right of discovery," Mrs. Laura Martin, geologist and geographer, of Washington, told the mom-, bers of the Institute of Polities now meeting here. She said that Britain asserted dominion over several Polar areas extending beyond the parts discovered by Englishmen. She cited Wilkesland, part of the segment discovered by Lieutenant Wilkes, of the U.S. Navy, in 1840, although explored more fully by the Australian Expedition of 1911-12. If Britain should project these claims to the Pole, as she had • dono in the Falkland and Boss Dependencies, it, could be seen that altogether ,she would claim nearly three-fifths of the continent, 3,000,000 out of 6,000,000 square miles.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 32, 6 August 1930, Page 9
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LAND IN ANTARCTICA
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 32, 6 August 1930, Page 9
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