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• Saturday, February 16th 2013 - 20:25 UTC

  Argentina supplies Antarctic base by air with contracted Russian aircraft

  

  The Argentine Ministry of Defence announced it had successfully finished the supply of provisions to the Antarctic Base Belgrano II, the most austral of the country’s outposts. The two-week operation in nine legs, depending on weather conditions, was done by air parachuting provisions.