Argentine Navy's ARA Puerto Argentino sloop has sucessfully unloaded supplies and machinery this week at the Petrel Base in Antarctica, it was reported. A self-propelled pontoon built entirely at ...

The Government of Argentina celebrated Sunday the 65th Anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty which, Buenos Aires insisted in a statement, “established the exclusively peaceful use of Antarctica ...

This claim partially matches the claims of Argentina and Chile. Argentina: The country's claim on Antarctica dates back to 1946. It claim is based on its presence at a base on Laurie Island in the ...

Andrés Dachary, Secretary for Malvinas (the name for the Falklands in Argentina), Antarctica, South Atlantic Islands, and International Affairs, denounced the act as a “new British encroachment.” ...

That claim overlaps with those of Chile and Argentina. Despite having no territorial claims in Antarctica, Russia, along with the U.S. and China, has been gradually escalating its presence in the ...

Forgive me for starting with superlatives, but I have no choice. I’m not the first. In 1911, Roald Amundsen, the first explorer to reach the South Pole, wrote that the Queen Maud Range in ...

Barrington 'B.J.' Scott, originally from the Bronx, speaks on what it took to make history as the fastest person to scuba dive on all seven continents.

Cruise to Antarctica The ideal departure point for an Antarctic cruise is Ushuaia in Argentina. From here, Antarctica is approximately 48 hours by sea. The cruise navigates through the legendary ...