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Nobody owns Antarctica.

Though quite a few countries staked claims, in the end they all agreed by treaty that no country would have political influence over Antarctica.

Thus, no, it isn't really a country. A country needs people and a government; Antarctica has neither. The permanent population is zero. The scientists come and go, they aren't residents.

Antarctica has no laws of its own, but you can still be prosecuted in your home country for serious crimes committed abroad.

It's divided up between a few countries, each with their own section. Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_claims_in...

nobody owns it because nobody wants it