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  2. Football in Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    In 1971, the Argentinian Esperanza Base hosted the first international tournament on Antarctica, which was six-a-side. The first match between two bases was between Esperanza and Chile's Bernardo O'Higgins Base, which Esperanza won 7–3. On 19 January 1986, Chile's Teniente Marsh Air Base drew 2–2 with Uruguay's Artigas Base. In 1988, the ...

  3. Esperanza Base - Wikipedia

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    Esperanza Base seen from Hope Bay. Built in 1953, [2] [3] [4] the base houses 56 inhabitants in winter, including 10 families and 2 school teachers. Provincial school #38 Presidente Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín (formerly named Julio Argentino Roca) was founded in 1978 and acquired independent status in 1997.

  4. Hope Bay - Wikipedia

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    Esperanza Base is a permanent, all year-round Argentine research station which was established in 1952. It is operated by the Instituto Antartico Argentino and has an average of 55 inhabitants in winter. The base installations have displaced part of a penguin rookery. [citation needed]

  5. Argentine Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel - Wikipedia

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    The transmitter building is shown behind the large white antenna [1]. LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel (also known as Radio San Gabriel and Radio Arcángel San Gabriel), is an Argentine radio station that transmits on shortwave on 15476 kHz in the 19 meter band [2] and on 96.7 FM, from Esperanza Base, Antarctica. [3]

  7. UFO: Extraterrestrials - Wikipedia

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    UFO: Extraterrestrials is a turn-based strategy game for Windows aimed to be a spiritual sequel to X-COM: UFO Defense. Developed by Chaos Concept, the game incorporates a twist of the aliens defeating the humans on Earth. The game takes place on a human-colonized planet named Esperanza, where the alien threat has just arrived.

  8. Gustavo Giró Tapper - Wikipedia

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    Esperanza Winter Antarctic Expedition. In 1962, the then First Lieutenant Giró Tapper returned to Antarctica as the head of Esperanza Base.From Esperanza he conducted several land surveys which culminated with a patrol from the joint Army and Navy base “Teniente Matienzo” to the Antarctic Polar circle, all in all a trajectory of 457 km.

  9. Scouting in the Antarctic - Wikipedia

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    Chilly Willy is the mascot of the Esperanza Base group Scouting portal Scouting in the Antarctic is maintained by a single troop of Argentine Scouts and also by visiting Scouts from other nations who are participating in expeditions and research projects.