I apologise for my earlier vitriol but Jackonory's rhetoric is getting about as tiresome as WEBF going on about the SHAR. Thank you MM for bringing some informed sense to this debate. I echo the comments about the CVS (and lets not forget the French with their carrier as well (Think it was Foch at the time)) utility in the Adriatic and I know that General "Bear" was equally grateful on several occasions to have a mobile asset that did not require tankers, while the whole of Italy was socked in!
We are likely to have many conflicts in the future over resources. British Antarctic Territory is an area rich in resource but is also claimed by other countries too. The gloves are on at the moment due to international agreements on Antarctica, but when they come off, it is going to be those nations with Airfields (fixed and mobile) and ports close to Antarctica that will have the upper hand. So that means Chile, Argentina, UK, Australia and New Zealand plus anyone with a Carrier group.