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Friday, May 8, 2015

Finally landed in Antarctica at British Station-- "ROTHERA"


I couldn't seem to find a way out of Comodoro Rivadivas, Argentina-- to Antarctica. My favorite starting point-- the British research station "Rothera" was only accessed by flights and boats from the Falkland Islands or from a town in southern CHILE called Punta Arenas. I could not find any flights from Comodoro to the Falklands-- it looks like the British have cut off all access to the Falklands from Argentina-- which led me to research that crazy conflict in the early 1980's when Thatcher sent a fleet to the Falklands to defend them against Argentina.