ANTARCTIC LANDS
:*• BRITAIN’S CLAIM TO DEPENDENC'IES . If. ■ v * I United Press Association—By Electirio . Telegraph.—Copyright.] ! v ! NEW YORK, Aug. 5. / Many of Britain’s claims in the’Antarctic, particularly in the Falkland Islands Dependencies and Ross Dependency are ehallengable on the Basis of the Right of Discovery, Mrs Laura Martin, geologist and geographer, of Washington, told the members of the ’lnstitute of Politics now meeting at Williamstown (Mass.) on Tuesday. She said Britain asserted dominion over several polar areas extending beyond parts discovered by Englishmen.. She cited Wilkesland, part of the segment discovered by Lieutenant Wilkes of the United States navy in 1840, although explored more fully by an Australian expedition in 1911-12. If Britain should project these claims to the Pole as she has done in the Falkland and the Ross dependencies, it could 1 be seen altogether she would claim nearly 'three fifths of the"'continent or three' millions out of five million squar* miles*
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 August 1930, Page 4
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153ANTARCTIC LANDS Hokitika Guardian, 6 August 1930, Page 4
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