# Free Land

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-land/95181>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 25, 2001, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-land/95181 "2001-11-25T21:06:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![donotprodme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@donotprodme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donotprodme)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-land/95181/1 "2001-11-25T21:06:16Z")

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I was wondering. Can I go down to Antarctica and claim some land for myself. I mean does anyone own it. Plus if they do whos going to stop me. I don’t think any police or other sorts of law enforcement have juristiction so what the deAl.

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-land/95181/2 "2001-11-25T21:14:38Z")

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[Here](http://www.terraquest.com/va/history/treaty.html) is some history on and a description of the treaty that governs international cooperation regarding Antarctica. You couldn’t proclaim a new sovereign nation, but if you could figure out how to survive, you could probably hang out down there for quite a while before anyone notices you.