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UK Science minister calls in the Falklands en route to Antarctica tour
Science and Universities Minister David Willetts has become the latest UK politician to visit the Falklands. A spokesman for Mr Willetts said he would make on Thursday a “transiting visit” en route to an engagement in Antarctica. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules”The impasse has sparked strong words from both sides and prompted United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon to APPEASE THE EXPANSIONIST POLICIES OF ARGENTINA and issue a statement expressing “HAS ANYONE SEEN MY SHOE? YOU, HAVE YOU SEEN MY SHOE?”.
Feb 16th, 2012 - 09:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Sea Lion, a field discovered in 2010 north of the islands by British explorer Rockhopper, will generate $10.5 billion of tax and royalty revenues for the Malvinas over its estimated 20-year life, Edison Investment Research said on Thursday
Feb 16th, 2012 - 10:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/92951/britain-set-for-malvinas-islands-oil-windfall
Run that by me again Christina baby,you want us to give you the Falkland Islands :-))))))))
@2 will that be enough to give the Falklands pavements? I cannot see any pavements.
Feb 16th, 2012 - 10:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Pavements? they will have enough to pave the whole of the Island if they want, heard talk that when the money starts rolling in,the Falklanders are going to have a big gold statue of Galtieri put up as a thank for making sure the argies dont get their dirty little hands on their home's
Feb 16th, 2012 - 10:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Could they use some of the money to put up a minefield museum in celebration of the Argentinian militarisation of an island in the South Atlantic? It's a huge danger to the local population. Maybe they could talk about the current British attempts to demilitarise said minefield.
Feb 16th, 2012 - 10:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon
Feb 16th, 2012 - 11:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0He had his chance and blew it,
He should have referred Argentina to the ICJ,
Now he should mind his very own??
And the islanders and the brits should tell him to get lost,
Any crumbs given to this woman just excites her to the point of satisfaction.
We all know where this is heading,
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The Falkland Islanders should use their future oil wealth to simply rub the Argie's noses in it. A statue on the western point of the islands of a hand with a V for victory sign should do the trick, perhaps they should offer CFK a grant for some surgery to cover those wrinkles from all that frowning?
Feb 16th, 2012 - 11:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@7 I think that's already happening with the current disparity between the Islanders ability to amass wealth and democracy and the Argies ability to lose wealth and democracy.
Feb 17th, 2012 - 12:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0That disparity is only going to get bigger.
He's heading for Rothera, which is on Adelaide Island.
Feb 17th, 2012 - 02:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0Given that there are only two bases on the island, Rothera and Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel Antarctic Base (that the Chileans have run as a summer only station since 1984 when BAS gave it to Chile) it's not altogether surprising that he isn't catching a ship from anywhere else, seeing as how summer is coming to an end and Teniente Carvajal will soon be shut for the winter.
There are historic links between the Falklands and Britain, that is to be respected. There are no historic links of Britain and the Antarctic except somef forlorn explorers, and this “visit” is a clear politization of what is a territory where all politics have been frozen. The UK is violating the Antarctic treaty (again, as they did in 2009 with their plan to claim Antarctic seabed as territory).
Feb 17th, 2012 - 03:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0Sea Lion, a field discovered in 2010 north of the islands by British explorer Rockhopper, will generate $10.5 billion of tax and royalty revenues for the Malvinas over its estimated 20-year life, Edison Investment Research said on Thursday
Feb 17th, 2012 - 04:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0AHHAHAHHHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAH!
Except that they forget to say that there is no way that figure is true and that there is nothing they can do WTHOUT THE SUPPORT FROM ARGENTINA....
What a bunch of LIARS..my GOd!!
In other news a penguin has landed on the Falklands and the Argentine government has declared it a grave threat to world peace and begin official protests at the UN. Meanwhile dockworkers board and pillage a Sri Lankan ship in port to exact revenge. Reports from the UK detail increased hospitalisations of British News junkies suffering from the new phenomena of 'split sides syndrome' that is sweeping the nation.
Feb 17th, 2012 - 07:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0WTHOUT THE SUPPORT FROM ARGENTINA
Feb 17th, 2012 - 07:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0:-))))))
@10 The UK has had a long long historical connection with Antarctica. A lot of nations have.
Feb 17th, 2012 - 07:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0@12 Precisely.
Post 11, 13 - The Falkland's does not need the support of Argentina, please stop being so deluded.
Feb 17th, 2012 - 08:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0Do you honestly think the oil companies would have invested tens of millions already if it did? The oil is ABSOLUTELY viable without the support of Argentina.
I think you're living in a alternative reality.....
@11. Without the support from Argentina? You mean like blockading shipping?
Feb 17th, 2012 - 08:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0What great support! Argentina is living in the stone age if they think there are not ways for the oil industry and the Falkland Islands to get around the issue of the banana-republic neighbour known as Argentina.
@15 to be fair to the Argies, we did have talks with them about sharing of the benefits of oil and such but they decided they didn't really want that and left the talks in 2005.
Feb 17th, 2012 - 08:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0The great argentinian business sense, nearly surpasses their skills in naval strategy.
Jees you argies do think a lot of yourselves
Feb 17th, 2012 - 08:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.eia.gov/security/distable.html
Global Oil Supply Disruptions Since 1951
@11Malvinero1,
Feb 17th, 2012 - 11:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0Now now, Malvin, behave yourself. That's a good gentleman.
WTHOUT THE SUPPORT FROM ARGENTINA
Feb 17th, 2012 - 11:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0:-))))))
Sure losers.DO you know the infrastructure you need for off shore????
Just talk to the people that work,in a much better cndition in TdF.....
Now isolde.....my GOd....Grow up isolde
@20 of course we know the infrastructure required for offshore drilling, we just go with a list of what we currently have in Aberdeen for Gas Prospecting and then ask for the same again, but for Oil. You can buy those sorts of things out of a box these days, and it's more than worth the long-term investment if it means we don't have to include the Argentinians. They're already about to build a deep water port too, so they won't need you for that either.
Feb 17th, 2012 - 11:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0It might need support from Chile and Uruguay for local expertise in building them though. Rest assured, Argentina will not be needed, they can get back to their economic blockade.
@10 Do you have a problem with history? Let's try a few facts.
Feb 17th, 2012 - 12:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 07 February 1821 Captain John Davis (born Surrey, England in 1784), a sealer, MAY have been the first to set foot on Antarctica.
1893-1895 Confirmed landing of Henryk Bull, Carstens Borchgrevink and Alexander von Tunzelmann at Cape Adare. These three men are, respectively, Norwegian, Anglo-Norwegian and a New Zealander.
1898-1900 The Southern Cross Expedition (aka British Antarctic Expedition 1898–1900) was the first expedition to deliberately over-winter on the Antarctic mainland.
1901–1904 Discovery Expedition – led by Robert Falcon Scott, on 30 December 1903, reached (82° 17′S) (aka British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04)
1901–1903 Gauss expedition (or First German Antarctic Expedition) – led by Erich von Drygalski
1901–1903 Swedish Antarctic Expedition – led by Otto Nordenskjöld with captain Carl Anton Larsen
1902–1904 Scottish National Antarctic Expedition – led by William Speirs Bruce
1903–1905 Third French Antarctic Expedition – led by Jean-Baptiste Charcot
1907–1909 Nimrod Expedition – On 9 January 1909, Ernest Shackleton reached 88° 23 ′S (Farthest South), and on 16 January 1909, Professor Edgeworth David reached the South Magnetic Pole at (72°25′S 155°16′E) (mean position) (aka British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09)
1908–1910 Fourth French Antarctic Expedition – led by Jean-Baptiste Charcot
1910–1912 Japanese Antarctic Expedition – led by Nobu Shirase
1910–1912 Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition – On 14 December 1911, reached the South Pole (90° S)
1910–1913 Terra Nova Expedition – On 17 January 1912, Robert Falcon Scott, reached the South Pole (90° S) (aka British Antarctic Expedition 1910)
I've stopped around 1910 for lack of available characters. Please notice that FIVE out of eleven expeditions from 1898 were British. If you think that the Antarctic Treaty bans visits by politicians, what were Pinera and Mujica doing there 13-15 January?
I'd like to think that if and when the oil is discovered that we can share the benefits with our chilean and Uruguayan friends. It would be good if they became prosoperous south americans out of this.
Feb 17th, 2012 - 12:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@23 just ensure you import Vast quantities of Chilean wine and Uruguayan food. Then just think of the lifestyle of sitting staring out at the Atlantic with a glass of fine wine and a Chivito.
Feb 17th, 2012 - 12:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0... can't be so bad.
Poster 20 is a broken record with no argument other than to recite the unfounded words sprouted by another half-wit of the same ilk.
Feb 17th, 2012 - 12:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Apparently none of the oil companies realise this isn't a viable option whilst investing tens of millions into the project.
Hmm, I think I will take the professional opinion of the oil companies over some hate filled lunatic.
Wouldnt take too much notice of Malvinero1 , he reckoned there was no oil anyway
Feb 17th, 2012 - 01:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0he is just anti british and very proud of it apparently .
Feb 17th, 2012 - 07:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@20Malvinero1,
Feb 18th, 2012 - 01:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You finally did it!
You learned to spell “LOSER” & not “LOOSER”.
l'm so proud of you, Malvin♥
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