A hut too far: history of the Argentine Ventimiglia shelter on Peter I Øy

This paper addresses the barely known history of an Argentine Antarctic hut: the Teniente Luis Ventimiglia hut, installed by the Argentine Antarctic Institute on Peter I Øy (Peter I Island) in March 1971. In examining the history of the only Argentine Antarctic facility outside of the Argentine Anta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fontana, Pablo Gabriel
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2018
Subjects:
Instituto Antártico Argentino
Argentine Antarctic Institute
Antarctica
General San Martin icebreaker
Peter I Island
Antarctic
Argentine
Argentino
Peter I Øy
Teniente
Ventimiglia
Antarc*
Polar Research
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3406
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Summary:This paper addresses the barely known history of an Argentine Antarctic hut: the Teniente Luis Ventimiglia hut, installed by the Argentine Antarctic Institute on Peter I Øy (Peter I Island) in March 1971. In examining the history of the only Argentine Antarctic facility outside of the Argentine Antarctic Sector, this article describes the reasons behind the establishment of the hut and the scientific work that took place there as well as previous Argentine expeditions to Peter I.

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