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The Dutchman Dirck Gerritsz in 1599, or the Spaniard Gabriel de Castilla in 1603 travelled through these Antarctic lands, both of them supposedly sailing south of the Drake Passage in the South Shetland Islands area. In 1818 Juan Pedro de Aguirre obtained permission from the Buenos Aires authorities to install an establishment for sealing on "some of the uninhabited islands near the South Pole".
The name "New South Britain" was used briefly, but was soon changed to South Shetland Islands (in reference to the Shetland Islands off the northern coast of Scotland). The name South Shetland Islands is now established in international usage. Seal hunting and whaling took place on the islands in the 19th and early 20th century. From 1908 the islands were governed as part of the Falkland Islands Dependency but the islands have only been occupied since the establishment of a scientific research station in 1944. The archipelago, together with the nearby Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia, is an increasingly popular tourist destination during the austral summer.
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Nov 25, 2007 - Jan 22, 2008
From 10 December 2007 to 22 January 2008 in Argentina, Uruguay, Antarctica & Chile.
6-week trip in South-America (Patagonia & Lake District) and Antarctica.
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Feb 03, 2007 - Feb 24, 2007
Ushuaia, Argentina -› Beagle Channel, Chile -› ...
Date: 09-02-07
Aitcho islands, Barrientos island
06:00 Position 62˚24’7.S 059˚44’4.W on anchor by Aitcho Islands
19:00 Position 62˚31’7.S 059˚47’0.W on anchor Yankee Harbour
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Bleu sky calm morning later cloudier
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Oct 27, 2007 - Dec 11, 2007
Stockholm, Sweden -› Madrid, Spain -› ...
During the briefing last night Martni had told us that there was much more pack ice then normal this year and we might not reach the Antartic peninsular. At 03:15 Martins voice came over the speakers explaining that we could not get forther south because of all the pack ice... It was sad news but it was expected. Some of us went up on the bridge and had a look on the maps to see where we were. We had tried to get through the pack ice on 2 places but there was just too much ice and set course ...
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