Falklands' patrol HMS Clyde visits South Georgia on fishery protection

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The Falkland Islands patrol ship HMS Clyde is on her usual patrol area during the austral summer which is South Georgia, 700 miles away. The remote archipelago is as far south of the Equator as Newcastle upon Tyne is north of the invisible line around the globe – but without the benefit of the Gulf Stream, endures far less clement weather. Read full article

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Brit Bob
When ratifying UNCLOS, (the United Nations Convention Law of the Seas), on 1 December 1995, Argentina made declarations and statements when signing regarding not accepting the territorial waters around the Falklands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Falklands – Territorial Waters (3 pgs): https://www.academia.edu/10574593/Falklands_Islands_Territorial_Waters
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