Antarctica land grab theory goes global — ex-Australian PM Tony Abbott must ‘distance’ himself

Antarctica land grab theory goes global — ex-Australian PM Tony Abbott must ‘distance’ himself

The call for Trump to seize Earth’s largest unclaimed landmass did not start in The Wall Street Journal. It began with a more sweeping claim from an Irish tech executive whose firm has a reported history of US defence contracts. This investigation tracks what changed, and what still doesn’t add up.