Sunday 3 November 2013

Arctic and Antarctic



Some years ago I received  a card from Chile but at the time didn't notice the stamp which I came across just the other day.  It commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of the Antarctic 1959.



The postcard above shows the way the Antarctic is divided up with the Chilean claim being to the left. I have another very similar one of the Arctic region.


I've previously posted two other Antarctic stamps, one from Port Lockroy and the other from Monaco.



This is a post for Sunday Stamps, now hosted by Violet Sky at "See it on a Postcard!"

11 comments:

  1. Like the stamp. The Arctic map shows Iceland to be in the Arctic Circle - apparently it isn't and only the small island of Grimsey off its NE coast is (partly.)

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    1. I don't think so. The red line doesn't mark the Arctic Circle but the Arctic region where the average temperature in the warmest month is below 10 degrees C. The circle seems to be in the right place. The image was taken from Wikipedia.

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  2. Very interesting maps, particularly the 'division' of the Antarctic region.

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  3. Great stamps, rich in style, but your opening photo, gee makes me want to explore there!

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  4. Ohhh, I had no idea several countries laid claim to Antartica.

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  5. The world looks so different looking at it from the poles!

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  6. The maps are interesting and to see how the antarctic was all divided up all those years ago.

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  7. I agree with violet sky .... Things look different, and certain countries are close together, seen from the North Pole.
    Thank you for participating.

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  8. I like the maps showing who claims what. I missed this challenge - too busy, pity as I could have participated with my own for once.

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  9. Maps are fascinating. My understanding is that Antarctica is an international zone, kind of like the Moon, but obviously some people disagree with that.

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  10. Well, I've traveled much of the world but these are two areas I've yet to see...I'm afraid, at 69, I may have to visit them in another life, if we get another one. My six months in India is at an end. I head home in a week...finally will see my little granddaughter who was six weeks old when I left!!!

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