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  • Antarctica Laws: What Countries Can and Cannot Do - A Scientific Overview
    What countries can do in Antarctica:

    * Conduct scientific research

    * Operate research stations

    * Fly aircraft and ships

    * Build structures

    * Extract minerals (with a permit)

    * Fish (with a permit)

    * Conduct tourism activities (with a permit)

    What countries can't do in Antarctica:

    * Claim territory

    * Militarize the continent

    * Conduct nuclear tests

    * Dump waste

    * Pollute the environment

    The name of science

    The scientific name for Antarctica is "Terra Australis". This name was first used by the Roman geographer Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD. The name means "southern land".

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