What's Happening In Antarctica?

So what is happening in Antarctica?

I have heard rumours and read various articles and obscure websites, all saying different things...but all discussing the mystery surrounding this huge, hostile and remote continent (twice the size of Australia).

Antarctica might be the location of Atlantis, brought to it's knees in some awful catastrophic tragedy, hidden by the ravages of the last ice age.

Or it might be the source of all UFO activity, either a terrestrial base for extra-terrestrial beings, or an underground hub of a one-world-government experimenting with new technologies.

Antarctica might even be the home to a now very old Adolf Hitler, who is secretly manipulating the world towards his own goals, using a combination of technological and occult magical techniques.

Or it could be the place where our world leaders have decided to begin planning for the end of our world, as we know it, by forging underground societies, for when Earth's surface is no longer viable for life.

Your guess is as good as mine. But it definitely piques my interest, and imagination.

Antarctica is said to be the fifth largest continent, only 2% of which is not covered by ice. It is the most southern of continents, quite at home on the bottom of our globe, as well as the coldest and most dry (classed as a desert!). The lowest temperature recorded on our planet was taken here, at -89.2 *C, in 1983.

These few curious facts would be enough to capture most people's imagination. But this is merely the tip of a very large iceberg.

Antarctica, having no recognised, permanent population, has no official government. It is managed via the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, which has now been signed by almost 50 of the most powerful countries across the world.

Essentially this treaty protects Antarctica from exploitation, environmentally and politically. No commercial mining or military action is allowed.

This treaty, I believe, is one of the reasons why there has been so much discussion across the web as to what is really at the heart of Antarctica. No other landmass' prospects have received the same level of respect, protection and mutual multi-government agreement.

Another article, here, gives a little more information, suggesting a Nazi Germany link.

I wonder, though, if there is something of real interest down there, in Antarctica, is that why the whole globe is now so geared towards minimising the consequences of Global Warming? After all, if all the ice melts, such secrets might not be kept hush hush for very much longer.

In some circles, it is believed that Global Warming is a natural cycle of our planet, and that, contrary to the mainstream dialogue, people are not causing a greenhouse effect. However, I would assume we are not without exaggerating, what might very well be, a natural event, what with all our toxic ways of living.

Are the world's governments trying to slam on the breaks, attempting to maintain a secret, while at the same time distracting people (with campaigns, meetings and protests etc.), and raising revenue (carbon tax, charitable contributions to research etc.)?

There is something to be said for the all-enveloping nature of conspiracy-fuelled paranoia.

And just because you are paranoid...it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you...