The Antarctic Treaty: A New Gold Rush

We hereby claim 4000 square miles on the eastern peninsula of the Antarctic. All claims must be into the UN by May 2009. Greenpeace have already bleated that it's colossally irresponsible but if they think that's irresponsible they should really see what we've been doing to the North Sea for the last decade. It does go directly against the 1959 land treaty which Britain signed saying there will be no new claims on land. But I think the really good thing is it shows we're learning our lessons from our mistakes in Iraq as well.