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=="The New Land Claim"== | =="The New Land Claim"== | ||
In August 2001, while serving in the U.S. Navy as an Intelligence Specialist onboard the USS ''Kearsarge'' (LHD-3), Travis McHenry spent a significant amount of time researching the countries of the world in the classified | In August 2001, while serving in the U.S. Navy as an Intelligence Specialist onboard the USS ''Kearsarge'' (LHD-3), Travis McHenry spent a significant amount of time researching the countries of the world in the classified version of the C.I.A. World Factbook. In the course of his research, he discovered that the region of [[Antarctica]] between 90°W and 150°W was unclaimed by any nation. | ||
Travis obtained a National Geographic atlas of the world and flipped to the large map of Antarctica on the back page. He carefully studied the map and determined that it had no political affiliation at all. He also noted the existence of the [[Whitmore Mountains]], as his childhood [[Viscount of Whitmore|best friend]] had the last name "Whitmoyer." Travis spent the rest of the month of August researching the complicated political situation surrounding Antarctica and read the entire text of the [[Antarctic Treaty]] multiple times, looking for loopholes that could potentially be exploited. | Travis obtained a National Geographic atlas of the world and flipped to the large map of Antarctica on the back page. He carefully studied the map and determined that it had no political affiliation at all. He also noted the existence of the [[Whitmore Mountains]], as his childhood [[Viscount of Whitmore|best friend]] had the last name "Whitmoyer." Travis spent the rest of the month of August researching the complicated political situation surrounding Antarctica and read the entire text of the [[Antarctic Treaty]] multiple times, looking for loopholes that could potentially be exploited. | ||