It occurs to me this morning that by combing through all of the inspection reports, I can gather data about time and distance between stations. None of the inspection tours go very far-- which is consistent with a 60,000 mile perimeter rather than a 15,000 mile sphere perimeter. If inspectors were ambitious and serious, they could mount missions that did a complete circumnavigation. Not a single one has done that.
ATS - Antarctic Treaty system
Here's a video report- -a brief report-- from Royal Navy, on one of their inspection tours. The verbal description of how Antarctica is to remain "unsullied" is, of course, nonsense since there is a lot of activity going on. I'll look for more video reports. This one has no detail whatsoever. I posted a comment asking why there hasn't been a complete circumnavigation inspection.
ATS - Antarctic Treaty system
Here's a video report- -a brief report-- from Royal Navy, on one of their inspection tours. The verbal description of how Antarctica is to remain "unsullied" is, of course, nonsense since there is a lot of activity going on. I'll look for more video reports. This one has no detail whatsoever. I posted a comment asking why there hasn't been a complete circumnavigation inspection.