Британия точит зубы на Антарктику

[MaxSt]

http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1687382007

Britain is planning to lay claim to huge tracts of the Antarctic, with the Foreign Office drawing up a submission to the United Nations that 386,000 sq miles of sea bed in the south Atlantic should be declared British.

And the reason for the sudden interest? The area is thought to contain lucrative reserves of oil and natural gas