Chile, Argentina, the U.K., Norway, Australia, New Zealand and France—maintain territorial claims on the continent.

Gabriel Boric is the first leader in the Americas to visit the South Pole, stressing Chile's "Antarctic mission".

Chile’s President Gabriel Boric travelled to Antarctica’s South Pole on Friday, a place where no other Latin American ...

The president said his visit to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station reaffirmed Chile's own claim to sovereignty over part of the Antarctic. "This is a milestone for us," Boric said in footage ...

From there, they made several stops before finally reaching the US-run Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, according to TVN. Chile is one of seven countries that has a territorial claim in ...

Boric, accompanied by his defense and environment ministers as well as three military commanders, arrived at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, a US research base, at 2000 GMT, his office said.

"This is a milestone for us. It's the first time a Chilean president ... the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is the southernmost year-round research station in the world and operated by the ...