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'''Westarctica.com''', '''Westarctica.info''', '''Westarctica.org''', and '''de.Westarctica.info''' are the domain names used by the government of [[Westarctica]] for all official business.
A '''[[blowtorch (drink)|blowtorch]]''' is an alcoholic cocktail invented by members of the 1928 Byrd [[Antarctic]] Expedition. The recipe calls for mixing lemon powder with grain alcohol and diluting the mixture with ice until it's drinkable.


During the early days of the [[Achaean Territory of Antarctica|Achaean Territory]] in 2001, the domain name Achaea.org was utilized along with a very basic website created on the old Geocities platform. The username utilized on Yahoo! for ownership purposes was ''achaeanterritory''. Toward the end of 2003, an e-mail account for Achaea.org was acquired and routed through the Yahoo! mail account.
Dr. F. Dana Coman, the expedition's physician, and the man with the keys to the liquor supply, took some of the grain alcohol and mixed it with the lemon powder and the crushed orange juice concentrate. The men dubbed this extremely potent drink a "blowtorch." [[Richard Byrd]] himself participated in the festivities and every couple of weeks, he would authorize a tub of blowtorches to be made up and a party held to help the men relax and unwind during the long winter.


In mid-2007, Travis' successor on the throne, [[Grand Duke Philip]] underwent a series of medical and financial struggles that resulted in his inability to maintain the [[Westarctica]] website any further. Payment for the domain name lapsed and on 13 September 2007 at 18:03 UTC, a domain parking service wrested control of Westarctica.com from the government.
Drinking contests broke out between the men, most notoriously between Danny Davies and [[Gould Coast|Larry Gould]], who got carried away and ordered everyone to "get cock-eyed drunk."


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