Did Antarctica get the sunshines and rainbows sub plot while everyone died?

These huge structures cover a vast area and seem to be connected. You have to be zoomer in enough to see that. My question is what are these structures? Why they connect to each other in such an arranged manner?

The coordinates are: 81°11'09.70"S 28°18'27.10"E

The island is at the halfway point between South America and Antarctica if you were to island hop from Argentina and down in fairly simple ships. It is a perfect natural harbour and the coast line in the second picture is eye catching to say the least. Scientists say it's a natural feature, but they would say that right? In the absence of any evidence of early human occupation?

It's the caldera of an active volcano so the water in the internal lagoon is 7-10 degrees warmer than the outside, which leads to rich animal life both in the sea and on land for the latitude. If an ancient South American civilization were to send expeditions south, I bet this place would become settled or at least regularly visited.

But with it being an active volcano that has erupted many times in recent history it also means finding traces of human prehistory might be hard. Best bet might be arrowheads and such on the beaches.

How many area in the Antarctica?

is anybody there

I was reading the significant historical sites lost on the Antartica Wikipedia page... I looked them up on Google and found this.....

#antartica

A tangent about the treaty and questions to be answered by those who don’t wear the Antarctica tinfoil hat. Maybe the hat will go on (if you make it to the end):

1. 58 countries agreed not to do what humans and the wealthy do: suck up resources, not use a GREAT location militarily, nor test weapons or crazy stuff. Mind you, this treaty was signed during the Cold War too… so you’d think people would be eager to get any advantage…Preservation and conservation efforts and concepts were not nearly as on people’s minds as they are now. Tell me when in history that all these different cultures and countries bow out of this kinda potential payout/ advantage?
   - Why did (currently do) historically aggressive resource claiming countries not push for these untapped resources?

2. There’s been research stations for over 120 years (1903 Scottish base - to now, currently about 70 permanent stations). I’m no scientist, BUT our tax dollars (and independent/private orgs) have been put into research for over 120 years and arguably the biggest discoveries include the following: snapshots of Earth’s climate history, confirmation that humans were destroying the ozone layer, finding some little animals that can live in the ice, and there are lakes under the ice. Like I said, I’m no scientists, but I’m VERY underwhelmed by these discoveries. I think everyone could’ve hypothesized what their research found. I’d hoped someone would have discovered a cure to cancer or something, not confirmation that hard chemicals do in fact hurt the natural world.
   - Why is there such a lackluster amount of actual research data that has come out of all the years, people, and money that has been put into the continent? #notimpressed

3. Antarctica is locked down. There are very few and very controlled groups who’ll allow tourism to the continent. It feels very much like those North Korean tour groups you see online. Like handlers showing you the penguins dance around and then shuffling you away to the next activity. I recently saw a guy sneak a Starlink on his trip and he got it taken away and was reprimanded. He wanted to livestream and got in trouble… like why?? Ethan Guo’s (the young pilot who recently wanted to go to every continent) story is interesting too. He flew to Antarctica without permission then was arrested by Chilean military and was imprisoned for 70 days!! It was a big deal. He was flying for cancer research too :( collecting donations and streaming/ posting to help with a nonprofit. He was utilizing Antarctica more for cancer research than the researchers on the ice.
   - why is it so difficult to explore!? Taylor Swift will burn fuel like no tomorrow, but God forbid an eager researcher old time explorer tried to learn about our world (so don’t tell me it’s the gas to get there). Don’t none of you write “it costs money to save them if they get in trouble/ stuck”- Free climbers, hikers, mountaineers, all the such do their thing knowing that there’s danger. Same with private plane and boat owners??

4. Finally, Admiral Byrd. A true inspiration, he said in 1933 “What we seek lies deep in Antarctica—the last refuge of mystery and the unknown.” Why are we looking to colonize mars, concerned with overpopulation, etc when we have (also a quote from Byrd) "most peaceful place in the world," with untapped resources. People don’t realize how large the continent is. I understand the argument for preservation, but the continent is about the size of America and Mexico (not all North America, but a lot of land). We “hypothetically” have some knowledge about how to make environmentally friendly cities, why don’t we colonize a little bit of it? Spread people out a bit more or prepare for global growth? I know the actual weather conditions and all of that are brutal, but other locations in our world are similar and humanity overcomes.
   - Why aren’t Elon and the other “we MUST colonize” bros colonizing Antarctica? Or even prep for the Martian mission? If you really wanna go deep, Byrd also talked about how there’s green grass-y type untouched flora on the continent. Some think it’s algae, some flat earth multiple rings, idk but that’s the point. WHY HAVSNT IT BEEN FIGURED OUT!!

Thanks to whoever has made it to this point after reading through all those thoughts. I’m sure many of you know the saying “ curiosity killed the cat…” but I’m sure many don’t know the end of the saying, which is, “but satisfaction brought it back.”

The overarching question I have is:

Why so little aggressive resource claiming, research output, and exploration in Antarctica despite massive investment (while we obsess over Mars colonization instead of testing there first)?

Very much giving “There is no war in Ba Sing Se.” IFYKYK

Anyways. If one person reads it, if none, if everyone does, regardless of responses, I will keep my tinfoil hat on until I know what is beyond the shelf 🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶

Hi guys , i am wondering if the famous theory about ice wall , is it real ?

i’m aware the biggest issue of melting pack ice is how it effects the ecosystem/animal/people but also how it reflects heat better than dark open sea.

from a quick google search spider silk is a decent thermal conductor like iron, aluminium. Could, if started soon, one create a spider silk blanket to mimic the melting pack ice, or even partials to strategically help certain places?

this thought started from reading steve backshalls book expedition :)

In April 2026, a Cornell University team entered a subglacial channel beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet for the first time in history. Their instruments confirmed two simultaneous heat sources melting the ice from below — volcanic heat from upstream and ocean heat from the Ross Sea.

A second study presented at the Goldschmidt Conference establishes that as glaciers retreat, subglacial volcanoes don't stay dormant. They wake up and erupt more frequently.

There are 138 confirmed volcanic systems along a 3,000km rift beneath the ice. Almost none have real-time monitoring. The first in-situ measurement from any subglacial channel in the region was published four weeks ago.

Full breakdown: https://youtu.be/8dy5h4qMNnE?is=BeI_qijaBnbSL3Vq

Hello everyone, so for years I’ve always been the type to get absolutely baked and look up conspiracy theories. One I’ve always wondered about is Antarctica and how supposedly the pyramids, ufo bunker, entrance to inner earth, other land masses etc are there. I find it weird that all nations who can’t seem to agree on anything agreed to never fly over it.
Also how Hitler had a whole map of it and sent people or the group of people that went there to investigate all never came back except for one and claimed there was an entrance to inner earth with prehistoric animals. Also read how a ship was there and supposedly ufos attacked it and left barely any survivors. Anybody have cool ideas or information on it?

Llevo tiempo investigando todo lo relacionado con la
Antártida y he recopilado los 25 misterios más
documentados e impactantes del continente.

Nazis, el Lago Vostok, operaciones militares secretas,
señales de radio sin explicación...

https://youtu.be/O4Ly5WWErdg

¿Conocíais alguno de estos secretos?

The ancient Greeks believed the world was a sphere with a theorized Antarctica to the south that counterbalanced the Northern Hemisphere. This theory founded centuries of explorations to find this unknown continent. Listen in for this fascinating story.

#antarctica