Argentina again contracts Russian vessels and choppers for the Antarctic 2013/2014 season

Thursday, November 28th 2013 - 22:36 UTC

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Argentina has again contracted Russian polar vessel “Vasily Golovnin” for the supply of its Antarctica bases and stations this coming summer season. The 24.4 million dollars package also includes ice-breaker 'Dranitsyn' and two heavy load helicopters Kamov KA32 which will making most the hardest work in the extreme south outposts Read full article

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CabezaDura
Are the Russians sending back poor little Camila Speziale back on board of it amongst all the Russian sailors ??
Nov 28th, 2013 - 10:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Britworker
Pretensions of grandeur are jolly expensive aren't they, has the Golvonin been temporarily named the Almirant Irizar-ski for this latest expedition into the already known?

Are they renting the ice and sea from Queen Elizabeth Land too?
Nov 28th, 2013 - 11:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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CabezaDura
Irizar had being going on for a while so as the Antartic campaigns... I think the Ks have mal-invested (if not stolen massively) the defence budget for over 10 years now and have being forced as a result to hire the ice breaker all the way from Russia...
Nov 28th, 2013 - 11:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Frank
The incompetence of this regime knows no bounds.
Nov 29th, 2013 - 12:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Papamoa
There old ship Irizar should be ready by 2017, 10 years after it went into port for repairs surely would have been quicker and cheaper to build a new ship but that is argentine logic for you.
Nov 29th, 2013 - 10:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Biguggy
I hope the Russians have the payments for this 'sorted out' in advance!
Nov 29th, 2013 - 03:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pugol-H
And Argentina is trying to claim that territory, even though it clearly isn’t capable of getting there, never mind back, without foreign help.

Somewhat optimistic.
Nov 29th, 2013 - 05:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pete Bog
@7 Pugol-H

Funny how most of the Argentines in Antarctic are sent there(ie transplanted), but then it's not a great incentive to stay when you are not sure of heating and being fed.

Bit like the incentives given to the Falkland Islanders-“Join Argentina and we'll make sure your life is shit!”

“Go to Antarctica for the motherland and learn how to live without heat and food- but hurry hurry, there's a queue of 2 million waiting to go,”(courtesy of INDEC)
Nov 30th, 2013 - 07:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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brasherboot
Hahaha hahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahshaha

Argies are sooooo weak

Hahaha hahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahshaha
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