Possibility of Antarctic Settlement
Could Native Americans have colonised Antarctica? If so when, and on what conditions?
Could Polynesians have colonised Antarctica? If so when, and on what conditions?
Could a European state(Britain, Norway, Germany, Spain, other) have colonised Antartica? If so when, and on what conditions?
Could a venture of independant settlers(similar to the norse settlement of North Atlantic islands like Iceland) from Europe have colonised Antarctica? If so when, and on what conditions?
Consequences of Antarctic Settlement
Would any permanent settled population in antarctica be considered indiginous? When would a Antartic people be considered indiginous? How long in years? Why would a population be considered indiginous?
How would Antarctic population impact the "conquest" of Antarctica? OTL Norway annexed Dronning Maud Land in 1939.
Would there be anything equal or similar to the Antarctic Treaty System in such a ATL?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty_System
Could Antarctica become a independant country?
How would an independant Antarcticas economy be like?
What would an independant Antarcticas military and defense strategy look like?
Scenarios
Critique my scenarios and suggest improvements.
Scenario 1: A ship with European settlers get's stranded in Antarctica. Somehow they survive. Overtime they expand too the entire continent(mostly the coast). Maybe some Greenlandic Norse, Sami, Icelanders can be potential colonists? Or someone else, does anyone has a good suggestion?
1. How long would it likely take for this new population to inhabit most or all of Antarctica, if they arrived in the 1500s?
2. How could they manage to keep contact with each other?