Prince William's Land

"Onwards! The Final Frontier!"
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Prince William's Land (Dutch: Prins William's Land, French: Terre du Prince William) is an unincorporated and organized territory of Amestresia consisting of 972,000 km2 (375,000 sq mi) of the interior and northeastern coast of Gelderland. 
Most of the Prince William's Land consists of polar ice caps high above the Arctic Circle in the northwest and frozen tundra made of permafrost towards the southeast. Prince William's Land has no permanent human population, although 400 sites see occasional summertime use by about 400 scientists and researchers.
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==History==
The history of Prince William's Land dates back to the early 18th-century when Dutch and English settlers began to venture into the deep interior of Gelderland. Initially known collectively as the Northern Territories, this large chunk of land consisted of all of northern Gelderland above the 73rd parallel north. 
In 1887, to honour the birth of Prince William, the great-grandson and third-in-line to the throne, Prine William's Land was separated from the newly-created Northwest Territories by a vertical line placed at 41° meridian extending from the 73rd parallel north until the 80th parallel north, where the border then proceeds to enter the Northwest Territories at an angle.
In the early 20th-century, Prince William's Land received renewed interests from explorers and scientific researchers worldwide due to its close proximity to the North Pole. Alfred Wegener developed his theory of continental drift after a period of research on Prince William's Land. Today, Prince William's Land has no permanent human population, although 400 sites see occasional summertime use by about 400 scientists and researchers.
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