Colonization of Antarctica

[3] At present the population of Antarctica comprises scientists and staff of approximate 4,000 people in summer and 1,000 in winter, from 30 countries staying at about 70 bases (40 year-round and 30 summer-only).

The PM-3A nuclear power reactor at McMurdo Station was plagued with reliability issues (achieving an availability factor of only 74%)[7] and was eventually deemed a pollution hazard and consequently shut down and dismantled.

In 1971, a team led by German architect Frei Otto made a feasibility study for an air-supported city dome two kilometers across that could house 40,000 residents.

It has been suggested that, as a result of long-term effects of global warming, the beginning of the 22nd century will see parts of West Antarctica experiencing similar climate conditions to those found today in Alaska and Northern Scandinavia.

It is suggested that plants and fungi find a favorable environment around Antarctica's volcanoes to grow, a hint as to where the first agricultural efforts could be led.

He was born in Fortín Sargento Cabral at the Esperanza Base near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and weighed 3.4 kg (7 lb 8 oz).

Territorial claims in Antarctica
Argentina
Australia
Chile
France
New Zealand
Norway
United Kingdom
The first known dwelling on Antarctica, built by Carstens Borchgrevink 's Southern Cross Expetition (1899) . The hut (HSM 22) still stands and is located on Cape Adare , the cape where in 1895 Borchgrevnik participated in the first documented landing on Antarctica.
Discovery Hut (1902) at Hut Point Peninsula of Ross Island , Antarctica, one of the earliest used dwellings on Antarctica. In the background McMurdo Station (1956), the largest on Antarctica today, with cargo operations of the Operation Deep Freeze supply ship MV American Tern (2007).
A private C-130 airplane landing onto a ice runway at Union Glacier (upper-left), which causes black carbon concentrations to increase in the surrounding snow (right), as observed through sample collection (lower-left) [ 13 ]
Esperanza Base seen from Hope Bay at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula , home to the first documented birth on Antarctica.