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On 17 April 1951, Hernán Pujato founds the Instituto Antartico Argentino, by Decree Nº 7338. In 1953 the San Martín Base started operations, and Jubany base opened two years later. DHC-2 Beaver registration IAA-101 in 1957 in Belgrano I station. It was the first airplane of the IAA
The Instituto Antartico Argentino (IAA) was created under the Decree Nº 7338 on April 17, 1951, and is the first organization in the world to be exclusively devoted to Antarctic research. [ 1 ] Mission, research and logistics
For his success, Pujato was promoted to brigadier general and saw the foundation of the Instituto Antártico Argentino (IAA). The next year, Pujato founded Belgrano I Base in Argentina, which stood until 1980. This was the most southerly station in the world at the time. From this station, Pujato and others flew reconnaissance in the area.
Instituto Antártico Argentino 1951 12 12 −3: −2.4 Cámara: Half Moon Island Argentina Instituto Antartico Argentino: 1953 22 20 −3: −2.4 Carvajal: Adelaide Island Chile Instituto Antártico Chileno: 1984 46 46 −9.8 Collins: Fildes Peninsula Chile Instituto Antártico Chileno: 2006 6 Dallmann: Carlini Station Germany Alfred Wegener ...
The icebreaker Almirante Irizar has been the principal supply line for Argentine bases in Antarctica since 1978. Antarctica New Zealand; Argentine Antarctic Program; Australian Antarctic Division
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]
Instituto Antártico Argentino, the Netherlands Geosciences Foundation and the Alfred Wegener Institute signed an agreement to provide a biological purification plant ceded by the Netherlands. It consists of a scrubber tank, a treatment and sludge drying plant, as well as facilities and equipment for process control and monitoring, and a set of ...
In 1955, then Brigade General Hernán Pujato founded the first Belgrano Base (), which remained for years as Argentina's southernmost settlement. [2]After 25 years of continuous activity, Belgrano I was closed due to the fast deterioration of the ice barrier it was sitting on; new, often hidden cracks and crevices endangered the on-duty personnel and material.