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The Great Return was an important turning point in the history of Westarctica that involved the return of the nation's founder, Travis McHenry, to a position of power in Westarctica. The Great Return is celebrated annually as a public holiday in Westarctica on June 2nd, the day the actual transition of power occurred.

On 28 May 2010 at midnight Pacific Standard Time, Travis McHenry instructed Wolf Tulier to contact the government of the Grand Duchy of Flandrensis and inform them that Grand Duke Jon-Lawrence was no longer the ruler of Westarctica and the new leaders were eager to secure a peaceful resolution to their competing claims on the continent of Antarctica. At the same time, Travis sent an e-mail to Jon-Lawrence Langer informing him that, due to his failure to protect the 2001 claim to Marie Byrd Land as well as his failure to represent Westarctica as a public figurehead, his service as Grand Duke of Westarctica was no longer needed; however, he was free to retain his title and lands as the Duke of Moulton-Berlin.

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• 16 Mar - A delegation from Westarctica attends a State Visit with Reunion
• 7 Mar - The Duke of the Bear Peninsula is appointed to fill the Senate vacancy.
• 21 Feb - The Senate of Westarctica selects Alex "Sasha" Radionov as Senate Leader.
• 20 Feb - The Baron of Hull Bay is elected as Prime Minister of Westarctica.
• 31 Dec - Grand Duke Travis and Duke of the Bear Peninsula become Prince-electors in Great Hanover.
• 11 Dec - Sir Charles Ross is appointed Foreign Minister of Westarctica.
• 10 Dec - Michael Cary is awarded the 2022 Westarctica Conservation Scholarship.
• 19 Nov - Raphania becomes a colony of Westarctica, ending the Westarctica-Raphania War.

This month in history Honorary Consuls March - COLORS Magazine, in the first press mention of Westarctica, reports that Westarctica’s claim to Antarctic land is as valid as any nation in the Antarctic Treaty (2005). 01 March - The Central Bank of Westarctica is established by Jorge Fernandez Vidal, the first Minister of the Treasury, and begins minting coins for Westarctica. (2005) 02 March - The Honorary Consular Corps (pictured) is created to foster international diplomatic representation for Westarctica. (2016) 03 March - The Westarctica.com domain name is reclaimed by the Grand Duke eleven years after it was captured by a domain parking service. (2018) 04 March - Viscount Boschert passes away. He is the first peer of Westarctica to die. (2022) 09 March - Westarctica declares war on illegal Japanese whaling in Antarctic waters. (2016) 09 March - A new Minister of Citizenship & Immigration is appointed for the first time since 2006. (2018) 12 March - Encyclopedia Westarctica is created. (2018) 11 March - The Orders of Calsahara are absorbed into the Orders of Westarctica. (2021) 14 March - The Count of Discovery Ridge is appointed Minister of Transportation. (2021) 15 March - Sir Brendan of Woodwin is appointed Deputy Prime Minister. (2021) 17 March - The United States declared war on Iraq with the support of Britain, Spain, and Bulgaria. The Consul-General is on a U.S. Navy warship 65 miles off the coast of Iraq. The Achaean Territory is officially neutral, but supports the war. (2003). 18 March - Westarctica's Minister of Conservation launches the Conservation Scholarship. (2020) 22 March - The Baron of Bastanchury is appointed Minister to the Ministry of Information. (2018) 26 March - The Battle Hymn of the Achaean Civil Defense Force is written. (2002) 26 March - Westarctica completes its first military-economic exchange with Slabovia. (2019)

Featured image The Pine Island Glacier (PIG) is a large ice stream, and the fastest melting glacier in Antarctica, responsible for about 25% of Antarctica's ice loss. The glacier ice streams flow west-northwest along the south side of the Hudson Mountains into Pine Island Bay, Amundsen Sea, Westarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy (USN) air photos, 1960–66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Pine Island Bay. The area drained by Pine Island Glacier comprises about 10% of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Satellite measurements have shown that the Pine Island Glacier Basin has a greater net contribution of ice to the sea than any other ice drainage basin in the world and this has increased due to recent acceleration of the ice stream. Photographer: Polargeo (More Images)

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