Count of Krigsvold Fellowship
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Berkeley PhD candidate Ria Raut has been awarded the $1,000 2026 Count of Krigsvold Fellowship grant.
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She will use the funds to conduct field research in the forests of Danum Valley Conservation Area and the selectively logged forest in Ulu-Segame Forest Reserve. The aim of her research is to improve restoration strategies in Borneo to best help logged forest recovery.​
Military Academy Open
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The newly-formed Royal Westarctican Military Academy is now open for enrollment.
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This organization serves as the entry point into our nation's uniformed services: the Royal Guards, the Royal Navy, and the Royal Air Force.
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Day-to-day operations of the Military Academy are managed by Commandant Liam Christian Ferreira.
25th Anniversary Celebrations
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Preparations are now underway to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Westarctica as a sovereign nation.
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Two events will be held in Berwick, Pennsylvania (USA) and in Dundee, Scotland (UK). These events are open to all Westarctican peers, citizens, and knights as well as some invited guests from other micronations.
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Please join us in celebrating 25 years of advocacy for Western Antarctica at one (or both!) events.
Become a Peer of Westarctica
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Since 2005, Westarctica has honored its supporters with noble titles in the Peerage of Westarctica. We're not pretending these titles will get you invited to Buckingham Palace to have tea with the King, but they do give you an opportunity to discuss the fragile state of Westarctica's ice sheet.
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Imagine trying to discuss the melting Albanus Glacier at a cocktail party... Not very interesting, right? But if you're telling them the Duchy of Albanus is melting into the ocean due to the challenges of climate change, NOW you've got their attention!
WESTARCTICA IN THE PRESS
The Wall Street Journal
22 June 2020
Grand Duke Travis ... claimed 620,000 square miles next to the South Pole on the basis that nobody else has, then registered Westarctica as a charity to raise awareness of how climate change is affecting wildlife in Antarctica.
Westarctica is moving steadily to establish a frozen foothold in the large unclaimed portion of the frozen continent. It professes an ambition to actually inhabit the land it's claimed, and then open it up to tourism. Better pack the long johns.
In 2004, Travis exploited a loophole in the Antarctic Treaty to name himself Grand Duke of Westarctica on Marie Byrd Land – but the US Navy, which disapproved of its lieutenant's territorial claims, forced him to abdicate.
Lonely Planet
September 2006
The Independent
30 November 2014
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