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  JohnN

  Only 1000 nm from Rothera to Stanley! Might not ever get to Rothera but really interesting to see it on Google Earth: -67.5716743701, -68.13018649.
  
  British Antarctic Survey: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/
  Current BAS jobs open: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/
  British Antarctic Territory: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/

  Apr 18th, 2012 - 07:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Stefan

  Bad news for KFCs angles on “Argentine Antarctica”, an imaginary land that has never existed.

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  Conqueror

  “Argentine Antarctica”. Another argie invalid, illegitimate anti-British “claim”. But there's an obvious basis for it. Argieland waited until 1942 to make a claim, hoping that Britain, then in the middle of a world war that argieland was too cowardly to get involved in, would lose and the “claim” would be confirmed by their nazi masters. Unfortunately, Britain won.
  
  Thinking about it, this explains a great deal. In an attempt to justify its nazi-inspired antarctic “claim”, argieland has to try to establish a territorial “link” between actual argieland and the antarctic “claim”. Thus the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Argie imperialist colonialism.
  
  But is there more? In 1939, the nazi-loving argies would have been able to watch the “closing” stages of the Battle of the River Plate. Having been badly damaged by HM Ships Achilles, Ajax and Exeter, the German Admiral Graf Spee fled to the River Plate where it made the mistake of dropping anchor in Montevideo. It should have continued to Mar del Plata. How is this connected? HMS Exeter was heavily damaged and had to head for the FALKLAND ISLANDS for emergency repairs. HMS Exeter was replaced by HMS Cumberland that arrived after steaming for 36 hours at full speed from the FALKLAND ISLANDS where she had been refitting. What a prize for the argies! After 73 years to finally get control of Islands that played such a part in the loss of their nazi masters' prized heavy cruiser.

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  JohnN

  Argentina seems to have an incredibly grandiose and dangerous view that it is a “two-continent” country, which grasps at Falklands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, and at the British Antartic Territory. Looking at a map of all this area, one is struck by the fact that maritime territories intended to be usurped by Argentina are so vast - larger than the country of Argentina itself: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Argentine_map_of_Argentina.png

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