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Antarctica (occasionally known as Bellinsgauzenia, Terra Australis, Terra Incognita or Australia, though the latter term is extremely uncommon) is the southernmost and fifth-largest of the Earth's continents. It was the last major landmass to be discovered by humans, and was first inhabited around 10,000 BCE, by Fuegian and Tehuelche peoples who arrived via South America. Due to its extreme southerly location — it is the site of the southern geographic and geomagnetic poles — Antarctica has the coldest average climate of any of Earth's continents, though much of the coastline, especially in the east, is much more temperate. A permanent icecap exists in the region immediately surrounding the geographic south pole, which grows each Summer (the colder season in the Southern Hemisphere) to enc

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  • Antarctica (occasionally known as Bellinsgauzenia, Terra Australis, Terra Incognita or Australia, though the latter term is extremely uncommon) is the southernmost and fifth-largest of the Earth's continents. It was the last major landmass to be discovered by humans, and was first inhabited around 10,000 BCE, by Fuegian and Tehuelche peoples who arrived via South America. Due to its extreme southerly location — it is the site of the southern geographic and geomagnetic poles — Antarctica has the coldest average climate of any of Earth's continents, though much of the coastline, especially in the east, is much more temperate. A permanent icecap exists in the region immediately surrounding the geographic south pole, which grows each Summer (the colder season in the Southern Hemisphere) to enc
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  • Antarctica (occasionally known as Bellinsgauzenia, Terra Australis, Terra Incognita or Australia, though the latter term is extremely uncommon) is the southernmost and fifth-largest of the Earth's continents. It was the last major landmass to be discovered by humans, and was first inhabited around 10,000 BCE, by Fuegian and Tehuelche peoples who arrived via South America. Due to its extreme southerly location — it is the site of the southern geographic and geomagnetic poles — Antarctica has the coldest average climate of any of Earth's continents, though much of the coastline, especially in the east, is much more temperate. A permanent icecap exists in the region immediately surrounding the geographic south pole, which grows each Summer (the colder season in the Southern Hemisphere) to encompass a larger portion of the continent. Historically, Antarctica's climate was much colder — even colder than its northern counterpart, the Arctic Ocean — until around 20,000 BCE, when it began to warm rapidly. The reason for this "meltdown" is still unknown, though many geologists and climatologists have put forward various hypotheses about its nature. The continent's indigenous population arrived roughly 10,000 years after the meltdown, via Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego in South America, and established various hunting, herding and fishing societies — most notably the Kingdom of K'athar (founded c.900 CE), which was a major civilization for centuries. After millennia of isolation, except for occasional trade with South American and Polynesian peoples, the continent was discovered by Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen in 1820; immediately opening Antarctica to colonization by foreign powers. The Russian and British Empires soon began to dominate the continent, and it was fully colonized by the turn of the 20th Century. Antarctica was the site of significant conflict during both World Wars, and was also heavily affected by the Russian Civil War due to the vast Russian influence over the continent. It was largely bypassed by the direct effects of the Cold War due to a lack of major Communist support; and it entered the 21st Century as one of the most developed regions on Earth. Among Antarctic nations, New Devon consistently ranks among the world's most livable countries; Byrdia has been called "the most enlightened nation on Earth in terms of Civil Rights"; and Bellinsgauzenia has been one of the world's military, industrial and technological powers for decades.
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