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What if a European nation, wanting to strengthen claims on a part of Antarctica or a Subantarctic island like Kerguelen, South Georgia, the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, Heard and Mcdonald Islands, Bouvet Islands, the Crozet Islands, the South Sandwich Islands or the Prince Edward Islands, settles (forced relocation or on their on will) Inuit from North America to one of these locations? How would the Inuit fare in these environments? Would the colony last until the modern era?

Using Inuit to claim land has happened in OTL https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Arctic_relocation
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