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UKAH marks 70th anniversary of Operation Tabarin and Antarctica research
The United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) marked the 70th anniversary of Operation Tabarin, which laid the foundations for one of the most important and enduring government sponsored programs of scientific research in the Polar Regions, with a special exhibition and reception at the House of Commons. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesUKAHT conserves early British scientific bases and artifacts in Antarctica
Jun 24th, 2014 - 09:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0And keeping Argies tea leaves out,
@1 Meanwhile argieland tests military equipment with military personnel in contravention of the Antarctic Treaty.
Jun 24th, 2014 - 03:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We will just have to use ScanEagle to keep an eye on them.
Jun 24th, 2014 - 06:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Latest FI related news...
Jun 24th, 2014 - 07:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0'Why is Google telling Argentina that the Falklands are called 'Islas Malvinas'? - According to a report in Quartz, Google is redrawing international borders in order to suit the official views of whichever country you are using its maps service from.
So, if you view the Falklands from London, it’s the Falkland Islands. However, as far as Google Argentina is concerned, the 1982 war never happened – the capital is a place called “Puerto Argentino”, a name Port Stanley only ever had for six weeks during the Argentine occupation...'
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/willardfoxton2/100013871/why-is-google-telling-argentina-that-the-falklands-are-called-islas-malvinas/
'The province invited the Municipality of Rio Grande to the Decolonization Committee of the UN ~ ...including an invitation from the Governor Fabiana Ríos Municipality to participate in the meeting of the UN Decolonization. holder of municipal politics portfolio confided after the meeting that among the issues addressed, “also were seeing a formal invitation from the provincial government, which we really appreciate, to participate in the seminar at the UN Malvinas”...'
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/willardfoxton2/100013871/why-is-google-telling-argentina-that-the-falklands-are-called-islas-malvinas/
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