Chilean President Gabriel Boric has become the first US leader to visit the South Pole after arriving at the US base.
The President said his visit to the Amundsen Scott South Pole Station was confirmed. Chile’s claim to independence On a part of the Antarctic.
“This is a milestone for us,” Borque said in footage shown on Chilean television, adding that “this is the first time a Chilean president has visited the South Pole to speak about Chile’s Antarctic mission. spoke”.
Burke traveled with a group of scientists and several cabinet members, including the ministers for the armed forces and the environment, his office said.
Bourque said his visit underscored Chile’s commitment to playing a key role in scientific projects in the region, particularly those related to climate change.
In a statement, the government said research centres, universities, diplomats and the armed forces have united to ensure that Chile becomes the world’s gateway to Antarctica.
President of the Left Gabriel Borque won Chile’s presidential election in 2021. At the age of 35 to become the country’s youngest ever leader.
Only two other world leaders have visited the South Pole before Burke: the prime ministers of New Zealand and Norway.
Many countries including Chile, Great Britain, France, Norway, Australia, New Zealand and Argentina Claimed parts of Antarctica. And many people have a presence there.
Antarctica is not a country: it has no government and no indigenous population. Instead, the entire continent has been set aside as a scientific preserve.
gave Antarctic Treatywhich came into force in 1961, is an ideal place for intellectual exchange.
The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is named after Roald Amundsen. Norwegian explorer who led the first expedition to the South Pole. – and also Robert Scott, the British explorer whom Amundsen beat with a pole in 1911.
Scott and four companions perished on their trek back after being caught in a blizzard.