When you say resources what resources are you referring to specifically?
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DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 6 months ago
Serious Q: isn’t there actually a lot resources in Antarctica? Or is it just too difficult to set up shop there?
Spaceballstheusername@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Omgboom@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Penguin leather
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Cool band name
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
They do punk songs about Linux.
DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 6 months ago
Not sure but mineables? Im probably oversimplifying because all my knowledge of getting stuff out of the ground comes from games but stuff like metals.
Spaceballstheusername@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You mean like ores like copper, iron, rare earths that kinda thing. There are seems of minerals that are actually meteorites that have collected in certain spots on a glacier. Haven’t heard anything about other large deposits but usually you would need to do all kinds of geological surveys to find that stuff and since most places are covered in 1mile+ of ice it’s near impossible.
Juno@beehaw.org 6 months ago
Most planets, and much of our planet, is uninhabitable. This is the threat of climate change. Antarctica is a desert.
wahming@monyet.cc 6 months ago
Oil rigs and mines aren’t exactly living off the land. Dropping enough preserved food off to supply a facility wouldn’t be too difficult. The main reason nobody’s doing it is the international treaties involved
Juno@beehaw.org 6 months ago
That’s not the point. The point is the uninhabitable and impossible to live off the land places are expanding on our planet.
UNY0N@lemmy.world 6 months ago
There certainly are, but…
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty_System
This treaty means the entire continent is for science only.