They have already been there for several months and more families are expected in March 1985. Three of the women on the Island are about to give birth to the first native born Antarcticans. A supermarket, gymnasium and tourist motel are planned. Assume that Chile's settlement goes according to plan and that by 1988 there are about one hundred settlers and various town facilities. Assume also that no other people have ever lived on this island, but that seventy five years ago a Norwegian expedition crossed the area on its way to the South Pole and claimed all the territory it had traversed.
Chile claims the area as the nearest sovereign.
She has put forward these claims for about sixty years. It seems that there are valuable minable minerals in Antarctica and some people have predicted a second Alaska-type gold rush in the next few years. You are legal adviser to the Chilean Department of State. Write a memorandum advising the Secretary of State whether it makes any sense to continue the settlements. The Antarctic Treaty, articles I through VIII appear in the Supplement at pages 55-57.