>>2306713well, the submarine instructions talk about firing upon any air or watervehicles upon surfacing is strictly prohibited. i assume they made some contact with those living there and are more or less tolerated as long as they dont fuck up. alternatively they might have a base in antarctica itself which has reports of getting warmer towards the southpole again, possibly a base beneath the ice in a heated cave
http://nationalpost.com/news/world/researchers-find-secret-warm-oasis-beneath-antarcticas-ice-that-could-be-home-to-undiscovered-speciesi assume they operate from there and either dont give a fuck, occasionally sending a UFO over to show their superior tech basically saying "leave us the fuck alone or your will ripe what you sow" or are coordinating some infiltrations of the government for the time the political landscape is favorable, which maybe could be just now
