Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
"The islands also support the UK claim to the large chunk of the Antarctic that we hold."
Actually we don't .. we have a histiric claim as do many others and many of them overlap - the Antarctic Treaty puts these into abeyance
Anyone can go anywhere and set up any base in Antarctica -
Places liek teh S Sandhcih Islands and S georgia are somewhat different
Have you been drinking HH? Actually, what I wrote is correct. I don't need to describe the whole history of Antarctic territory claims to make my point.
OAP