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Argentine Antarctica

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Argentine Antarctica
Antártida Argentina
Argentine Antarctica map since 1950. Orcadas base from 1904.
Location in Antarctica
Country Argentina
Province Tierra del Fuego
First expedition1901–1904
Founded byJosé María Sobral
Government
 • GovernorGustavo Melella
Area
 • Total1,461,597 km2 (564,326 sq mi)
 • Land965,597 km2 (372,819 sq mi)
 [1]
Population
 (2010 Census)[1][2]
 • Total469
 • Density0.00032/km2 (0.00083/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3
Argentine Postal Code
9411
Area codes0054 + 02901
Esperanza and Marambio Stations: 0054 + 02964
First baseOrcadas Base (1904)[3]
Number of bases13 bases (6 permanents and 7 seasonals)
64 others (huts, refuges, camps)
WebsiteDNA.gov.ar

Argentine Antarctica (Spanish: Antártida Argentina or Sector Antártico Argentino)[4] is an area on Antarctica claimed by Argentina as part of its national territory. It consists of the Antarctic Peninsula and a triangular section extending to the South Pole, delimited by the 25° West and 74° West meridians and the 60° South parallel.[5] This region overlaps with British and Chilean claims in Antarctica. None of these claims have widespread international recognition.

Argentina's Antarctic claim is based on its presence on a base on Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands since 1904, along with the area's proximity to the South American continent, and is subject to the Antarctic Treaty.[6][7]

Administratively, Argentine Antarctica is a department of the province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands. The provincial authorities are based in Ushuaia.[8] Argentine activities in Antarctica are coordinated by the Instituto Antártico Argentino (IAA) and Argentine Antarctic Program.

The Argentine exploration of the continent started early in the 20th century. José María Sobral was the first Argentine to set foot on Antarctica in 1902, where he spent two seasons with the Swedish Antarctic Expedition of Otto Nordenskiöld. Shortly afterward, in 1904, the Orcadas Permanent Base was established. Years later, other permanent and seasonal bases were constructed. The first Argentine expedition to reach the South Pole was the 1965 Operación 90.

The estimated area of Argentine Antarctica is 1,461,597 km2 (564,326 sq mi), of which 965,597 km2 (372,819 sq mi) is land. The ice of the glaciers over the territory's surface has an average thickness of 2 kilometres. Temperatures fall in a typical range from 0°C in summer to -60°C in winter, although in certain points the temperature may drop to as low as -82°C and may rise to 18°C.[9]

Time zone UTC-3 is used in the area, as in Argentina.

Argentina has six permanent Antarctic stations and seven summer stations.

According to the Argentine national census, in October 2010, Argentine Antarctica had 230 inhabitants (including 9 families and 16 children) at six permanent bases: 75 at Marambio, 66 at Esperanza, 33 at Carlini, 20 at San Martín, 19 at Belgrano II, and 17 at Orcadas.[10] Provisional results of the 2022 Argentine national census indicate 130 inhabitants for Argentine Antarctica.[11] Residents take part in general elections within Tierra del Fuego Province.[12]

History edit

First expeditions edit

In 1815, Guillermo Brown, an Irish-born Argentine Marine Commodore serving in the naval forces of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, began a campaign to intercept the Spanish fleet in the Pacific Ocean. When they were crossing Cape Horn aboard the Hercules and Trinidad, strong winds pushed them to parallel 65° South. Brown claimed to have sighted Antarctic land on the expedition, saying that it is the reason why Argentine cartography often calls the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula Tierra de la Trinidad.[13][14]

On 10 June 1829, the government of the province of Buenos Aires issued a decree creating the Political-Military Command of the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (see Louis Vernet) including the islands adjacent to Cape Horn, which is situated in the territorial waters of Argentina and the Antarctic islands.

The Argentine government joined the Swedish Antarctic Expedition on 10 October 1900. This expedition received support, and in exchange, offered the services of the Argentine Navy to deliver scientific data and zoological collections. On the way through Buenos Aires, Lieutenant Jose Maria Sobral boarded the ship Antarctic on 21 December 1901. As no news of the expedition reached the Argentine government, it fulfilled its commitment to support the expedition by renovating the Corvette ARA Uruguay. It set out on 8 October 1903 under the command of Lieutenant Julián Irizar to find and rescue members of the expedition who had been sheltering following the collapse of the Antarctic ship.

A hut was built on Snow Hill Island in 1902. The Argentine Navy took possession of the hut in 1954 and named it Refugio Suecia. It is now an Argentine historical monument and historical site as mentioned by the Antarctic Treaty.[15][16] The 1902 expedition built another hut in Hope Bay, which is also an Antarctic monument under the control of Esperanza Station.[17][18]

Permanent occupation edit

 
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Omond House, Laurie Island, circa 1903.
 
The Orcadas Base in 1996

On 2 January 1904, Argentina acquired a weather station installed by Scotsman William Speirs Bruce, in Laurie Island in the South Orkneys, where there had been a crew of six men making scientific observations. In it was a meteorological observatory, where he also worked. A post office was installed. On 22 February 1904, civilian (employee of the Argentine company official post and telegraph) Hugo Alberto Acuna noted the first time the flag of Argentina was officially raised on the Argentine Antarctic Sector. The observatory became the Orcadas Base, which is the oldest existing permanent human settlement in the Antarctic territory,[19] an event commemorated in Argentina as the Day of the Argentine Antarctic.[20]

The Argentine corvette ARA Uruguay returned to Antarctica in 1905 to take staff from the South Orkney and travel to Deception Island and Wiencke Island in search of Jean-Baptiste Charcot, whose French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905) was believed to be lost. Because of the Argentine collaboration with his expedition, Charcot named an insular group as Argentine Islands. One of these islands was named Galindez Island in honor of the captain of the Corvette, Ismael Galíndez, and another was named Uruguay Island, in homage to the Argentine Corvette.[21]

The Argentine Government established two meteorological observatories on South Georgia Island and Wandel Island. Two attempted expeditions to Wandel Island failed. In June 1905, the transport ARA Guardia Nacional, under the command of the Lieutenant Alfredo P. Lamas, established an observatory in Grytviken in Cumberland Bay, renamed in Spanish Bahía Guardia Nacional.[22][23][24]

On 30 March 1927, the first radiotelegraph station in Antarctica was inaugurated on the South Orkney Islands. On 15 December 1927, the General Directorate of Post and Telegraph from Argentina informed the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union about their claims in Antarctica and other islands of the South Atlantic.

In 1939, Argentina temporarily created the National Commission of the Antarctic by Decree No. 35821. On 30 April 1940, it became a permanent body by Decree No. 61852 in order to increase research in the area.

In October 1941, the Instituto Geográfico Militar published maps showing the extent of the future Argentine claim between the 25° W and 75° W. In January 1942 the Argentine Government, according to the sector theory, said their Antarctic rights were between the Meridian 25° and 68°24' West (near Punta Dúngeness).

On 8 November 1942, Argentina laid claim to Antarctic land when an expedition under the command of the captain Alberto J. Oddera placed a cylinder containing a report and a flag on Deception Island. In January 1943, the crew of the British ship HMS Carnarvon Castle removed the evidence of the Argentine inauguration and planted the British flag.[citation needed] On 5 March of the same year, the Argentine vessel ARA 1° de Mayo removed the British flag.

In 1946, the National Antarctic Commission set new limits for Argentine Antarctica between the Meridian 25° and 74° West (near the far east of the South Sandwich Islands). on 4 March 1948, Chile and Argentina signed a mutual agreement protecting and defending legal rights of the territorial Antarctic, mutually recognizing their claims.

On 7 April 1948, Decree No. 9905 placed the administration of the Argentine Antarctic Sector with the maritime Governor of the National Territory of Tierra del Fuego. On 9 June 1948, by her Decree No. 17040, the "Antarctic and Malvinas Division" was created under authority of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[citation needed]

 
A caterpillar tractor (a Tucker Sno-Cat) from the first Argentine expedition that reached the South Pole in 1965.

The first continental Argentine base in Antarctica, the Almirante Brown Naval detachment, was opened in 1951. The following year, the Esperanza Naval detachment (now Esperanza Base) opened. On 1 February 1952, while building the Esperanza Base at Hope Bay, the first shooting war in Antarctica occurred when an Argentine team fired a machine gun over the heads of a civil team of British Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey workers and forced them to withdraw to their ship, the John Biscoe.[25][26]

On 17 January 1953, at Deception Island, the Refugio Teniente Lasala (a hut and a tent) was opened by the staff of the Argentine ship ARA Chiriguano. On 15 February, 32 Royal Marines of the British frigate HMS Snipe, armed with Sten submachine guns, rifles, and tear gas, captured two Argentine sailors. The Argentine refuge and a nearby uninhabited Chilean hut were destroyed. The Argentine sailors were delivered on a British vessel to South Georgia on 18 February.[27] A British detachment stayed three months on the island while the frigate patrolled the waters until April.

On 4 May 1955, the United Kingdom filed two lawsuits against Argentina and Chile respectively, in the International Court of Justice in The Hague to declare Argentine and Chilean claims on the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic areas invalid. On 15 July 1955, the Chilean Government rejected the jurisdiction of the Court in that case, and on 1 August, the Argentine Government did the same.[28]

On 1 December 1959, the Antarctic Treaty was signed by Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, entering into force on 23 June 1961.

In the 1960s, Argentina, with its fleet, began conducting ecological tourist cruises to Antarctica. At the same time, the Argentine state-owned Aerolíneas Argentinas began passenger flights between Ushuaia and Sydney, landing at Marambio Base. Between the mid-1960s and the first half of the 1970s, Argentina launched rockets from its Antarctic bases. These rockets were designed and built in Argentina and possessed meteorological instrumentation and radiation sensors.

Operación 90 was the first Argentine ground expedition to the South Pole. It was conducted in 1965 by ten soldiers of the Argentine Army under then-Colonel Jorge Edgard Leal. The operation was named for the target 90 degree South latitude point (the geographic South Pole).[29]

 
Esperanza Base on Trinity Peninsula in 2012.

On 8 April 1970, the Governor of Tierra del Fuego issued Decree No. 149 creating four new departments, among them the Argentine Antarctic Sector Department.

In 1977, the Esperanza Base was chosen to house Argentine families that spent their winters in Antarctica. The first director of the Argentine Antarctic Institute, general Hernán Pujato, was the forerunner of the installation of the Fortín Sargento Cabral. On 13 August 1954, he proposed that the Argentine government create homes near Esperanza Base to populate with families with a goal of strengthening Argentine rights in that part of Antarctica. After finishing the construction of the houses, the Fortín Sargento Cabral was established on 17 February 1978 with five houses.

The first documented person born in Antarctica was the Argentine Emilio Palma at Esperanza Base in 1978. His baptism in the Catholic chapel on 7 January 1978 was the first documented baptism on the continent.

On 18 December 2012, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom announced that the southern part of the British Antarctic Territory (which included a portion of Argentine Antarctica) would be named Queen Elizabeth Land in honor of Queen Elizabeth II. Argentina opposed Britain's decision to rename the area.[30]

In 2013, the Argentine Defense Ministry announced that Petrel Base would become a permanent base by 2015. The base will have an airport and facilities to transfer passengers and cargo.[31][32]

Geography edit

 
Watercraft in Hope Bay, Antarctica.

The geographic structure of Argentine Antarctica shares some features with Patagonia, located to the north. The highest peaks are located at the south of the Antarctic Peninsula, which has islands and archipelagos nearby. The land is under an ice sheet.

Climate edit

The climate of the region ranges from a subpolar climate in the north to a polar climate in the south.[33] The region has an extremely cold climate, with mean temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F) with frost and snowfall occurring throughout the year.[34] In general, there are two different climatic zones found within the region: a glacial climate in the interior and an oceanic one in the Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent islands.[34] The glacial climate found in the interior is dominated by continental ice sheets and glaciers, while in the Antarctic Peninsula and its adjacent islands, the climate is characterized by very strong winds, particularly in winter.[34] In particular, the Antarctic Peninsula experiences strong cold winds and blizzards.[35] In the interior of the continent, the climate is colder and drier due to the higher latitude, altitude, and strong continental influences.[35] Mean annual temperatures range from −10 to −20 °C (14 to −4 °F) in the Antarctic Peninsula to −30 to −50 °C (−22 to −58 °F) in the interior.[35] Temperatures are always low in the region; during the polar night in winter, temperatures drop to −42 °C (−44 °F).[34] In the warmest month, mean temperatures are usually below 0 °C (32 °F).[34] Coastal areas have mean temperatures in the warmest month at around freezing.[35] Precipitation mainly falls as snow.[34] Due to the ice sheets and glaciers covering most of the region and the severity of the climate, the flora is sparse and limited only to coastal areas.[34]

Average Temperatures in selected locations in °C (°F)
    Jan         Feb         Mar         Apr         May         Jun         Jul         Aug        Sept        Oct         Nov         Dec       Annual  
Orcadas Base[36] 1.4 (34.5) 1.4 (34.5) 0.4 (32.7) −1.8 (28.8) −4.6 (23.7) −7.9 (17.8) −9.3 (15.3) −7.8 (18.0) −5.4 (22.3) −2.8 (27.0) −0.7 (30.7) 0.6 (33.1) −3.0 (26.6)
Esperanza Base[36] 1.4 (34.5) 0.7 (33.3) −2.3 (27.9) −6.1 (21.0) −8.2 (17.2) −10.4 (13.3) −10.5 (13.1) −9.0 (15.8) −6.5 (20.3) −4.3 (24.3) −1.1 (30.0) 0.8 (33.4) −4.6 (23.7)
Marambio Base[36] −0.8 (30.6) −2.0 (28.4) −6.1 (21.0) −10.8 (12.6) −12.8 (9.0) −14.7 (5.5) −14.7 (5.5) −13.1 (8.4) −10.1 (13.8) −7.6 (18.3) −3.6 (25.5) −1.2 (29.8) −8.1 (17.4)
San Martín Base[36] 2.0 (35.6) 0.9 (33.6) −1.2 (29.8) −3.3 (26.1) −5.3 (22.5) −9.3 (15.3) −11.6 (11.1) −11.5 (11.3) −8.9 (16.0) −5.9 (21.4) −2.0 (28.4) 0.8 (33.4) −4.6 (23.7)
Belgrano II Base[36] −2.4 (27.7) −7.0 (19.4) −12.0 (10.4) −16.7 (1.9) −18.1 (−0.6) −19.1 (−2.4) −20.4 (−4.7) −20.2 (−4.4) −18.4 (−1.1) −14.8 (5.4) −8.0 (17.6) −3.0 (26.6) −13.3 (8.1)
Average Precipitation in selected locations in mm (in)
    Jan         Feb         Mar         Apr         May         Jun         Jul         Aug        Sept        Oct         Nov         Dec       Annual  
Orcadas Base[37] 136.9 (5.39) 143.2 (5.64) 169.4 (6.67) 121.2 (4.77) 108.0 (4.25) 81.5 (3.21) 77.5 (3.05) 94.5 (3.72) 85.6 (3.37) 89.1 (3.51) 91.9 (3.62) 109.7 (4.32) 1,308.5 (51.52)
Esperanza Base[37] 38.0 (1.50) 49.9 (1.96) 72.8 (2.87) 49.0 (1.93) 47.7 (1.88) 39.3 (1.55) 40.3 (1.59) 47.4 (1.87) 49.6 (1.95) 50.4 (1.98) 51.0 (2.01) 39.4 (1.55) 574.8 (22.63)
Marambio Base[37] 44.4 (1.75) 55.1 (2.17) 51.5 (2.03) 26.1 (1.03) 24.6 (0.97) 13.9 (0.55) 17.8 (0.70) 17.6 (0.69) 30.7 (1.21) 18.1 (0.71) 28.0 (1.10) 35.0 (1.38) 362.8 (14.28)
San Martín Base[37] 13.8 (0.54) 46.5 (1.83) 48.3 (1.90) 33.1 (1.30) 34.4 (1.35) 28.0 (1.10) 39.4 (1.55) 36.4 (1.43) 40.9 (1.61) 32.2 (1.27) 30.4 (1.20) 27.0 (1.06) 410.4 (16.16)
Belgrano II Base[37] 26.2 (1.03) 27.4 (1.08) 32.5 (1.28) 16.8 (0.66) 22.5 (0.89) 25.0 (0.98) 27.8 (1.09) 26.9 (1.06) 39.0 (1.54) 20.2 (0.80) 18.2 (0.72) 17.0 (0.67) 299.5 (11.79)

Symbols edit

 
The flag of Tierra del Fuego

The flag of Tierra del Fuego, which includes Argentine Antarctica, was adopted in 1999 as the result of a competition.[38] It is a diagonal bicolor flag of sky blue and orange with a white albatross dividing the flag diagonally and the Southern Cross constellation in the blue upper half. The orange represents the fire in the province's name, while the blue represents the sky and reflects the color of the national flag.[39]

Argentine bases edit

 
Argentine bases on Antarctica (permanent bases in red).
 
The icebreaker Almirante Irizar, the principal supply line for Argentine bases in Antarctica since 1978.

Esperanza and Marambio are the largest Argentine bases, together holding 70 buildings, with a combined occupancy rate ranging from roughly 110 in winter to 250 in summer. Orcadas Base on the South Orkney Islands is the world's first Antarctic base, operating continuously since 1903. The southernmost Argentine permanent base is Belgrano II, at around 77 latitudinal degrees south. The southernmost summer base is Sobral, 1,450 km (901 mi) from Belgrano II.

The bases are supplied by ships as well as by C-130 Hercules and DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft.

The Argentine Navy devotes resources to its annual Antarctic missions. In 2022/23, the auxiliary vessels Puerto Argentino and Estrecho San Carlos were tasked to the mission, along with the icebreaker Almirante Irízar.[40] These vessels were supported by Argentine Navy Sea King helicopters.[41]

As of mid-2023, Argentina was in discussions with Finland to build a new polar logistics vessel, the "ARC 133". The ship is to be a Polar 4 class vessel (year-round operation in thick first-year ice, which may include old ice inclusions) and is envisaged for completion by the latter 2020s.[42]

Permanent bases edit

Seasonal bases edit

Camps, huts and other establishments edit

 
Groussac hut on Petermann Island

There are 64 other establishments in Argentine Antarctica.

Argentina's claim to the Antarctic Peninsula overlaps with the Antarctic claims of Chile, 53°W to 90°W, and the UK claims, 20°W to 80°W.

Currently, there are no attempts by Argentina or any other country to enforce territorial claims in Antarctica. See List of Antarctic territorial claims.

None of these claims have widespread international recognition.

Demographics edit

 
Children, teenagers and teachers of the school of Esperanza Base

In 1978, the first Antarctic baby was born in the Fortín Sargento Cabral at the Esperanza Base. He was named Emilio Palma.[43] María de las Nieves Delgado was the first Antarctic girl, born on 27 March 1978 at Esperanza Base. By 1980, six more children were born at the base: Rubén Eduardo de Carli (21 September 1979), Francisco Javier Sosa (21 September 1979), Silvina Analía Arnouil (14 January 1980), José Manuel Valladares Solís (24 January 1980), Lucas Daniel Posse (4 February 1980) and María Sol Cosenza (3 May 1983).[44][45] The base has an Argentine civil registry office where there have been births and weddings.[46]

In 1991, there were 142 permanent residents, including 19 minors. These residents are families that live in Antarctica or scientists that have lived there for more than two years. There were 121 men and 21 women that lived mostly near Esperanza and other bases. As of 1998–1999, Argentine Antarctica had a winter population of 165.[citation needed][needs update]

See also edit

 
Antarctic office in Ushuaia

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  • Menutti, Adela; Menutti, María (1980). Geografía Argentina y Universal (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Edil.

External links edit

  • (in Spanish) Dirección Nacional del Antártico
  • (in Spanish and English) Marambio Base
  • (in Spanish)

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This article s factual accuracy is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The neutrality of this article is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met January 2024 Learn how and when to remove this template message Antartida Argentina redirects here For the railway station in Rosario see Antartida Argentina railway station 75 00 S 49 30 W 75 000 S 49 500 W 75 000 49 500 Argentine Antarctica Antartida ArgentinaDepartmentArgentine Antarctica map since 1950 Orcadas base from 1904 SealLocation in AntarcticaCountry ArgentinaProvince Tierra del FuegoFirst expedition1901 1904Founded byJose Maria SobralGovernment GovernorGustavo MelellaArea Total1 461 597 km2 564 326 sq mi Land965 597 km2 372 819 sq mi 1 Population 2010 Census 1 2 Total469 Density0 00032 km2 0 00083 sq mi Time zoneUTC 3Argentine Postal Code9411Area codes0054 02901Esperanza and Marambio Stations 0054 02964First baseOrcadas Base 1904 3 Number of bases13 bases 6 permanents and 7 seasonals 64 others huts refuges camps WebsiteDNA gov arArgentine Antarctica Spanish Antartida Argentina or Sector Antartico Argentino 4 is an area on Antarctica claimed by Argentina as part of its national territory It consists of the Antarctic Peninsula and a triangular section extending to the South Pole delimited by the 25 West and 74 West meridians and the 60 South parallel 5 This region overlaps with British and Chilean claims in Antarctica None of these claims have widespread international recognition Argentina s Antarctic claim is based on its presence on a base on Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands since 1904 along with the area s proximity to the South American continent and is subject to the Antarctic Treaty 6 7 Administratively Argentine Antarctica is a department of the province of Tierra del Fuego Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands The provincial authorities are based in Ushuaia 8 Argentine activities in Antarctica are coordinated by the Instituto Antartico Argentino IAA and Argentine Antarctic Program The Argentine exploration of the continent started early in the 20th century Jose Maria Sobral was the first Argentine to set foot on Antarctica in 1902 where he spent two seasons with the Swedish Antarctic Expedition of Otto Nordenskiold Shortly afterward in 1904 the Orcadas Permanent Base was established Years later other permanent and seasonal bases were constructed The first Argentine expedition to reach the South Pole was the 1965 Operacion 90 The estimated area of Argentine Antarctica is 1 461 597 km2 564 326 sq mi of which 965 597 km2 372 819 sq mi is land The ice of the glaciers over the territory s surface has an average thickness of 2 kilometres Temperatures fall in a typical range from 0 C in summer to 60 C in winter although in certain points the temperature may drop to as low as 82 C and may rise to 18 C 9 Time zone UTC 3 is used in the area as in Argentina Argentina has six permanent Antarctic stations and seven summer stations According to the Argentine national census in October 2010 Argentine Antarctica had 230 inhabitants including 9 families and 16 children at six permanent bases 75 at Marambio 66 at Esperanza 33 at Carlini 20 at San Martin 19 at Belgrano II and 17 at Orcadas 10 Provisional results of the 2022 Argentine national census indicate 130 inhabitants for Argentine Antarctica 11 Residents take part in general elections within Tierra del Fuego Province 12 Contents 1 History 1 1 First expeditions 1 2 Permanent occupation 2 Geography 2 1 Climate 3 Symbols 4 Argentine bases 4 1 Permanent bases 4 2 Seasonal bases 4 3 Camps huts and other establishments 5 Demographics 6 See also 7 References 8 Bibliography 9 External linksHistory editFirst expeditions edit In 1815 Guillermo Brown an Irish born Argentine Marine Commodore serving in the naval forces of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata began a campaign to intercept the Spanish fleet in the Pacific Ocean When they were crossing Cape Horn aboard the Hercules and Trinidad strong winds pushed them to parallel 65 South Brown claimed to have sighted Antarctic land on the expedition saying that it is the reason why Argentine cartography often calls the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula Tierra de la Trinidad 13 14 On 10 June 1829 the government of the province of Buenos Aires issued a decree creating the Political Military Command of the Falkland Malvinas Islands see Louis Vernet including the islands adjacent to Cape Horn which is situated in the territorial waters of Argentina and the Antarctic islands The Argentine government joined the Swedish Antarctic Expedition on 10 October 1900 This expedition received support and in exchange offered the services of the Argentine Navy to deliver scientific data and zoological collections On the way through Buenos Aires Lieutenant Jose Maria Sobral boarded the ship Antarctic on 21 December 1901 As no news of the expedition reached the Argentine government it fulfilled its commitment to support the expedition by renovating the Corvette ARA Uruguay It set out on 8 October 1903 under the command of Lieutenant Julian Irizar to find and rescue members of the expedition who had been sheltering following the collapse of the Antarctic ship A hut was built on Snow Hill Island in 1902 The Argentine Navy took possession of the hut in 1954 and named it Refugio Suecia It is now an Argentine historical monument and historical site as mentioned by the Antarctic Treaty 15 16 The 1902 expedition built another hut in Hope Bay which is also an Antarctic monument under the control of Esperanza Station 17 18 Permanent occupation edit nbsp DNA IAA emblem nbsp Omond House Laurie Island circa 1903 nbsp The Orcadas Base in 1996On 2 January 1904 Argentina acquired a weather station installed by Scotsman William Speirs Bruce in Laurie Island in the South Orkneys where there had been a crew of six men making scientific observations In it was a meteorological observatory where he also worked A post office was installed On 22 February 1904 civilian employee of the Argentine company official post and telegraph Hugo Alberto Acuna noted the first time the flag of Argentina was officially raised on the Argentine Antarctic Sector The observatory became the Orcadas Base which is the oldest existing permanent human settlement in the Antarctic territory 19 an event commemorated in Argentina as the Day of the Argentine Antarctic 20 The Argentine corvette ARA Uruguay returned to Antarctica in 1905 to take staff from the South Orkney and travel to Deception Island and Wiencke Island in search of Jean Baptiste Charcot whose French Antarctic Expedition 1903 1905 was believed to be lost Because of the Argentine collaboration with his expedition Charcot named an insular group as Argentine Islands One of these islands was named Galindez Island in honor of the captain of the Corvette Ismael Galindez and another was named Uruguay Island in homage to the Argentine Corvette 21 The Argentine Government established two meteorological observatories on South Georgia Island and Wandel Island Two attempted expeditions to Wandel Island failed In June 1905 the transport ARA Guardia Nacional under the command of the Lieutenant Alfredo P Lamas established an observatory in Grytviken in Cumberland Bay renamed in Spanish Bahia Guardia Nacional 22 23 24 On 30 March 1927 the first radiotelegraph station in Antarctica was inaugurated on the South Orkney Islands On 15 December 1927 the General Directorate of Post and Telegraph from Argentina informed the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union about their claims in Antarctica and other islands of the South Atlantic In 1939 Argentina temporarily created the National Commission of the Antarctic by Decree No 35821 On 30 April 1940 it became a permanent body by Decree No 61852 in order to increase research in the area In October 1941 the Instituto Geografico Militar published maps showing the extent of the future Argentine claim between the 25 W and 75 W In January 1942 the Argentine Government according to the sector theory said their Antarctic rights were between the Meridian 25 and 68 24 West near Punta Dungeness On 8 November 1942 Argentina laid claim to Antarctic land when an expedition under the command of the captain Alberto J Oddera placed a cylinder containing a report and a flag on Deception Island In January 1943 the crew of the British ship HMS Carnarvon Castle removed the evidence of the Argentine inauguration and planted the British flag citation needed On 5 March of the same year the Argentine vessel ARA 1 de Mayo removed the British flag In 1946 the National Antarctic Commission set new limits for Argentine Antarctica between the Meridian 25 and 74 West near the far east of the South Sandwich Islands on 4 March 1948 Chile and Argentina signed a mutual agreement protecting and defending legal rights of the territorial Antarctic mutually recognizing their claims On 7 April 1948 Decree No 9905 placed the administration of the Argentine Antarctic Sector with the maritime Governor of the National Territory of Tierra del Fuego On 9 June 1948 by her Decree No 17040 the Antarctic and Malvinas Division was created under authority of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs citation needed nbsp A caterpillar tractor a Tucker Sno Cat from the first Argentine expedition that reached the South Pole in 1965 The first continental Argentine base in Antarctica the Almirante Brown Naval detachment was opened in 1951 The following year the Esperanza Naval detachment now Esperanza Base opened On 1 February 1952 while building the Esperanza Base at Hope Bay the first shooting war in Antarctica occurred when an Argentine team fired a machine gun over the heads of a civil team of British Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey workers and forced them to withdraw to their ship the John Biscoe 25 26 On 17 January 1953 at Deception Island the Refugio Teniente Lasala a hut and a tent was opened by the staff of the Argentine ship ARA Chiriguano On 15 February 32 Royal Marines of the British frigate HMS Snipe armed with Sten submachine guns rifles and tear gas captured two Argentine sailors The Argentine refuge and a nearby uninhabited Chilean hut were destroyed The Argentine sailors were delivered on a British vessel to South Georgia on 18 February 27 A British detachment stayed three months on the island while the frigate patrolled the waters until April On 4 May 1955 the United Kingdom filed two lawsuits against Argentina and Chile respectively in the International Court of Justice in The Hague to declare Argentine and Chilean claims on the Antarctic and sub Antarctic areas invalid On 15 July 1955 the Chilean Government rejected the jurisdiction of the Court in that case and on 1 August the Argentine Government did the same 28 On 1 December 1959 the Antarctic Treaty was signed by Argentina Australia Belgium Chile France Japan New Zealand Norway South Africa the Soviet Union the United Kingdom and the United States entering into force on 23 June 1961 In the 1960s Argentina with its fleet began conducting ecological tourist cruises to Antarctica At the same time the Argentine state owned Aerolineas Argentinas began passenger flights between Ushuaia and Sydney landing at Marambio Base Between the mid 1960s and the first half of the 1970s Argentina launched rockets from its Antarctic bases These rockets were designed and built in Argentina and possessed meteorological instrumentation and radiation sensors Operacion 90 was the first Argentine ground expedition to the South Pole It was conducted in 1965 by ten soldiers of the Argentine Army under then Colonel Jorge Edgard Leal The operation was named for the target 90 degree South latitude point the geographic South Pole 29 nbsp Esperanza Base on Trinity Peninsula in 2012 On 8 April 1970 the Governor of Tierra del Fuego issued Decree No 149 creating four new departments among them the Argentine Antarctic Sector Department In 1977 the Esperanza Base was chosen to house Argentine families that spent their winters in Antarctica The first director of the Argentine Antarctic Institute general Hernan Pujato was the forerunner of the installation of the Fortin Sargento Cabral On 13 August 1954 he proposed that the Argentine government create homes near Esperanza Base to populate with families with a goal of strengthening Argentine rights in that part of Antarctica After finishing the construction of the houses the Fortin Sargento Cabral was established on 17 February 1978 with five houses The first documented person born in Antarctica was the Argentine Emilio Palma at Esperanza Base in 1978 His baptism in the Catholic chapel on 7 January 1978 was the first documented baptism on the continent On 18 December 2012 the Foreign amp Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom announced that the southern part of the British Antarctic Territory which included a portion of Argentine Antarctica would be named Queen Elizabeth Land in honor of Queen Elizabeth II Argentina opposed Britain s decision to rename the area 30 In 2013 the Argentine Defense Ministry announced that Petrel Base would become a permanent base by 2015 The base will have an airport and facilities to transfer passengers and cargo 31 32 Geography edit nbsp Watercraft in Hope Bay Antarctica See also Geography of the British Antarctic Territory and Geography of Antarctica The geographic structure of Argentine Antarctica shares some features with Patagonia located to the north The highest peaks are located at the south of the Antarctic Peninsula which has islands and archipelagos nearby The land is under an ice sheet Climate edit Main article Climate of Antarctica The climate of the region ranges from a subpolar climate in the north to a polar climate in the south 33 The region has an extremely cold climate with mean temperatures below 0 C 32 F with frost and snowfall occurring throughout the year 34 In general there are two different climatic zones found within the region a glacial climate in the interior and an oceanic one in the Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent islands 34 The glacial climate found in the interior is dominated by continental ice sheets and glaciers while in the Antarctic Peninsula and its adjacent islands the climate is characterized by very strong winds particularly in winter 34 In particular the Antarctic Peninsula experiences strong cold winds and blizzards 35 In the interior of the continent the climate is colder and drier due to the higher latitude altitude and strong continental influences 35 Mean annual temperatures range from 10 to 20 C 14 to 4 F in the Antarctic Peninsula to 30 to 50 C 22 to 58 F in the interior 35 Temperatures are always low in the region during the polar night in winter temperatures drop to 42 C 44 F 34 In the warmest month mean temperatures are usually below 0 C 32 F 34 Coastal areas have mean temperatures in the warmest month at around freezing 35 Precipitation mainly falls as snow 34 Due to the ice sheets and glaciers covering most of the region and the severity of the climate the flora is sparse and limited only to coastal areas 34 Average Temperatures in selected locations in C F Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Annual Orcadas Base 36 1 4 34 5 1 4 34 5 0 4 32 7 1 8 28 8 4 6 23 7 7 9 17 8 9 3 15 3 7 8 18 0 5 4 22 3 2 8 27 0 0 7 30 7 0 6 33 1 3 0 26 6 Esperanza Base 36 1 4 34 5 0 7 33 3 2 3 27 9 6 1 21 0 8 2 17 2 10 4 13 3 10 5 13 1 9 0 15 8 6 5 20 3 4 3 24 3 1 1 30 0 0 8 33 4 4 6 23 7 Marambio Base 36 0 8 30 6 2 0 28 4 6 1 21 0 10 8 12 6 12 8 9 0 14 7 5 5 14 7 5 5 13 1 8 4 10 1 13 8 7 6 18 3 3 6 25 5 1 2 29 8 8 1 17 4 San Martin Base 36 2 0 35 6 0 9 33 6 1 2 29 8 3 3 26 1 5 3 22 5 9 3 15 3 11 6 11 1 11 5 11 3 8 9 16 0 5 9 21 4 2 0 28 4 0 8 33 4 4 6 23 7 Belgrano II Base 36 2 4 27 7 7 0 19 4 12 0 10 4 16 7 1 9 18 1 0 6 19 1 2 4 20 4 4 7 20 2 4 4 18 4 1 1 14 8 5 4 8 0 17 6 3 0 26 6 13 3 8 1 Average Precipitation in selected locations in mm in Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Annual Orcadas Base 37 136 9 5 39 143 2 5 64 169 4 6 67 121 2 4 77 108 0 4 25 81 5 3 21 77 5 3 05 94 5 3 72 85 6 3 37 89 1 3 51 91 9 3 62 109 7 4 32 1 308 5 51 52 Esperanza Base 37 38 0 1 50 49 9 1 96 72 8 2 87 49 0 1 93 47 7 1 88 39 3 1 55 40 3 1 59 47 4 1 87 49 6 1 95 50 4 1 98 51 0 2 01 39 4 1 55 574 8 22 63 Marambio Base 37 44 4 1 75 55 1 2 17 51 5 2 03 26 1 1 03 24 6 0 97 13 9 0 55 17 8 0 70 17 6 0 69 30 7 1 21 18 1 0 71 28 0 1 10 35 0 1 38 362 8 14 28 San Martin Base 37 13 8 0 54 46 5 1 83 48 3 1 90 33 1 1 30 34 4 1 35 28 0 1 10 39 4 1 55 36 4 1 43 40 9 1 61 32 2 1 27 30 4 1 20 27 0 1 06 410 4 16 16 Belgrano II Base 37 26 2 1 03 27 4 1 08 32 5 1 28 16 8 0 66 22 5 0 89 25 0 0 98 27 8 1 09 26 9 1 06 39 0 1 54 20 2 0 80 18 2 0 72 17 0 0 67 299 5 11 79 Symbols editSee also Flags of Antarctica nbsp The flag of Tierra del FuegoThe flag of Tierra del Fuego which includes Argentine Antarctica was adopted in 1999 as the result of a competition 38 It is a diagonal bicolor flag of sky blue and orange with a white albatross dividing the flag diagonally and the Southern Cross constellation in the blue upper half The orange represents the fire in the province s name while the blue represents the sky and reflects the color of the national flag 39 Argentine bases edit nbsp Argentine bases on Antarctica permanent bases in red nbsp The icebreaker Almirante Irizar the principal supply line for Argentine bases in Antarctica since 1978 Esperanza and Marambio are the largest Argentine bases together holding 70 buildings with a combined occupancy rate ranging from roughly 110 in winter to 250 in summer Orcadas Base on the South Orkney Islands is the world s first Antarctic base operating continuously since 1903 The southernmost Argentine permanent base is Belgrano II at around 77 latitudinal degrees south The southernmost summer base is Sobral 1 450 km 901 mi from Belgrano II The bases are supplied by ships as well as by C 130 Hercules and DHC 6 Twin Otter aircraft The Argentine Navy devotes resources to its annual Antarctic missions In 2022 23 the auxiliary vessels Puerto Argentino and Estrecho San Carlos were tasked to the mission along with the icebreaker Almirante Irizar 40 These vessels were supported by Argentine Navy Sea King helicopters 41 As of mid 2023 Argentina was in discussions with Finland to build a new polar logistics vessel the ARC 133 The ship is to be a Polar 4 class vessel year round operation in thick first year ice which may include old ice inclusions and is envisaged for completion by the latter 2020s 42 Permanent bases edit Belgrano II 77 52 S 34 37 W 77 867 S 34 617 W 77 867 34 617 laboratory and meteorological station southernmost Argentine base since 1979 Belgrano III 77 54 02 S 45 47 01 W 77 90056 S 45 78361 W 77 90056 45 78361 closed Esperanza 63 24 S 57 00 W 63 400 S 57 000 W 63 400 57 000 Hope Bay Laboratory and meteorological station since 1952 Radio LRA36 Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel School 38 Presidente Raul Ricardo Alfonsin since 1978 Catholic Chapel Post Gym Civil registration port tourist facilities Carlini 62 14 S 58 40 W 62 233 S 58 667 W 62 233 58 667 scientific station at King George Island Marambio Base Station 64 14 S 56 37 W 64 233 S 56 617 W 64 233 56 617 Seymour Marambio Island Laboratory meteorological station Airport 1 2 km long 30m wide runway since 1969 Website Orcadas Base 60 44 S 44 44 W 60 733 S 44 733 W 60 733 44 733 South Orkney Islands since 1903 San Martin Base 68 08 S 67 06 W 68 133 S 67 100 W 68 133 67 100 laboratory and meteorological station since 1951 Seasonal bases edit Teniente Camara Base 1957 62 02 S 58 42 W 62 033 S 58 700 W 62 033 58 700 Livingston Island Base Deception 1948 62 52 S 60 43 W 62 867 S 60 717 W 62 867 60 717 Deception Island Petrel Air Station 1967 63 28 S 56 17 W 63 467 S 56 283 W 63 467 56 283 Dundee Island Base Primavera 1977 64 09 S 60 57 W 64 150 S 60 950 W 64 150 60 950 Alexander Island Base Melchior 1947 64 20 S 62 59 W 64 333 S 62 983 W 64 333 62 983 Anvers Island Almirante Brown Base 1951 64 53 S 62 53 W 64 883 S 62 883 W 64 883 62 883 Paradise Bay Teniente Matienzo Base 1961 64 58 S 60 04 W 64 967 S 60 067 W 64 967 60 067 Larsen NunatakCamps huts and other establishments edit nbsp Groussac hut on Petermann IslandThere are 64 other establishments in Argentine Antarctica Base Alferez de Navio Sobral 1965 81 05 S 40 00 W 81 083 S 40 000 W 81 083 40 000 Edith Ronne Land closed Estacion Cientifica Ellsworth ex US 1958 77 45 S 41 00 W 77 750 S 41 000 W 77 750 41 000 Weddell Sea closed Refuge Francisco de Gurruchaga 62 15 S 59 00 W 62 250 S 59 000 W 62 250 59 000 Nelson Island open as hut Base Ballve 62 12 36 S 58 56 03 W 62 21000 S 58 93417 W 62 21000 58 93417 King George Island open as hut Belgrano I Base 77 47 S 38 15 W 77 783 S 38 250 W 77 783 38 250 Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf closed Belgrano III Base 77 54 02 S 45 47 01 W 77 90056 S 45 78361 W 77 90056 45 78361 Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf closed Camp Livingston 62 39 22 S 61 00 39 W 62 65611 S 61 01083 W 62 65611 61 01083 Byers Peninsula Livingston Island Refugio Suecia 63 22 S 56 59 W 63 367 S 56 983 W 63 367 56 983 Snow Hill Island built in February 1902 by the Swedish South Polar Expedition Refuge Abrazo de Maipu 63 20 45 S 57 33 12 W 63 34583 S 57 55333 W 63 34583 57 55333 Trinity Peninsula administered between Chile and Argentina Argentina s claim to the Antarctic Peninsula overlaps with the Antarctic claims of Chile 53 W to 90 W and the UK claims 20 W to 80 W Currently there are no attempts by Argentina or any other country to enforce territorial claims in Antarctica See List of Antarctic territorial claims None of these claims have widespread international recognition Demographics edit nbsp Children teenagers and teachers of the school of Esperanza BaseSee also Demographics of Antarctica In 1978 the first Antarctic baby was born in the Fortin Sargento Cabral at the Esperanza Base He was named Emilio Palma 43 Maria de las Nieves Delgado was the first Antarctic girl born on 27 March 1978 at Esperanza Base By 1980 six more children were born at the base Ruben Eduardo de Carli 21 September 1979 Francisco Javier Sosa 21 September 1979 Silvina Analia Arnouil 14 January 1980 Jose Manuel Valladares Solis 24 January 1980 Lucas Daniel Posse 4 February 1980 and Maria Sol Cosenza 3 May 1983 44 45 The base has an Argentine civil registry office where there have been births and weddings 46 In 1991 there were 142 permanent residents including 19 minors These residents are families that live in Antarctica or scientists that have lived there for more than two years There were 121 men and 21 women that lived mostly near Esperanza and other bases As of 1998 1999 Argentine Antarctica had a winter population of 165 citation needed needs update See also edit nbsp Antarctic office in UshuaiaArgentine actions in Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory List of Antarctic territorial claims Ross DependencyReferences edit a b Provincia segun departamento Poblacion superficie y densidad Anos 1991 y 2001 Archived from the original on 17 July 2010 Retrieved 3 May 2015 Primeros resultados del Censo 230 personas habitan la Antartida Diario Los Andes Archived from the original on 28 October 2010 Destacamento Naval Orcadas Orcadas Naval Base in Spanish Buenos Aires Fundacion Marambio 1999 Archived from the original on 2 December 2013 Pequeno Larrouse Ilustrado 1990 para la Argentina ajustado a la cartografia oficial por el Poder Ejecutivo Nacional a traves del Instituto Geografico Militar IGM acorde Ley 22 963 aprobada por expediente del 5 10 1989 Beck Peter J 1986 The international politics of Antarctica Routledge p 119 ISBN 0 7099 3239 1 La Antartica Chilena p 173 Escrito por Oscar 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2007 at the Wayback Machine Direccion Nacional del Antartico Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Comercio Internacional y Culto cancilleria gob ar in Spanish Retrieved 4 January 2024 Headland Robert 1989 Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions and Related Historical Events Cambridge University Press p 233 ISBN 978 0 521 30903 5 Historic Huts of the Antarctic from the Heroic Age Archived 8 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine Scott Polar Research Institute 2010 FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES HOPE BAY INCIDENT Parliamentary Debates Hansard 20 February 1952 1952 Quinta Invasion Inglesa a la Antartida Argentina irizar org in Spanish Indice General de Histarmar www histarmar com ar in Spanish Retrieved 4 January 2024 Antarctica United Kingdom v Argentina Archived from the original on 9 September 2015 Retrieved 3 May 2015 Operacion 90 La llegada al Polo Sur por via terrestre by Jorge Edgard Leal in Spanish Click on Llegada al Polo terrestre on the column at the left Argentina angry after 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January 2024 Ejercito Argentino Argentina gob ar 22 December 2017 Archived from the original on 17 January 2010 Bibliography editMenutti Adela Menutti Maria 1980 Geografia Argentina y Universal in Spanish Buenos Aires Edil External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Antartida Argentina in Spanish Direccion Nacional del Antartico Argentine Bases in Spanish and English Marambio Base Direccion Nacional del Antartico Bases in Spanish Argentine Antarctica HistoryPortals nbsp Geography nbsp Argentina Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Argentine Antarctica amp oldid 1194432154, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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