Tag: Orcadas base

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 09:17 UTC

  Argentine Antarctica bases now communicated through ARSAT satellites

  

  All of Argentina's bases in Antarctica are now equipped with telecommunications systems depending on nationally-owned ARSAT satellites instead of relying on foreign providers, it was announced.

• Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  Argentina's Antarctica Day celebrates 117 years of Orcadas Station, formally Omond House met station

  

  Argentina on 22 February celebrates Antarctica Day, which commemorates the inauguration of the Meteorology and Magnetic Observatory on Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, in 1904, which would later become Orcadas Station, a historic milestone which marked the beginning of Argentina's uninterrupted presence in Antarctica.

• Wednesday, July 17th 2013 - 07:07 UTC

  Argentine Orcadas base reports 7.3 magnitude earthquake close to Antarctica Peninsula

  

  A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Antarctica, generating large waves but causing no injuries, seismic experts at Argentina's Orcadas base in Antarctica reported on Monday.