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Argentine interests hope to establish an air bridge between Ushuaia and Antarctica that would allow expedition cruisers to skip the stormy Drake Passage.
Argentine Ministers Daniel Filmus (Science), Carla Vizzotti (Health), and Jorge Taiana (Defense) convened at Antarctica's Marambio Base to announce the construction of three new laboratories and other undertakings in the area.
Argentine president Alberto Fernández again claimed sovereignty over the Falklands and other South Atlantic Islands, 'usurped' by the United Kingdom, asking London to comply with international resolutions, since 'this occupation could limit the flow of vessels between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and the access to Antarctica.'
Argentina will create 'Antarctic Multidisciplinary Laboratories' to further promote research in the country's bases in the white continent, in the framework of the program 'Building Science'. The program is sponsored by the ministries of Foreign Affairs; Science, Technology and Innovation, and Defense, and has specific funds earmarked.
Argentine Minister of Defense Jorge Taiana and the governor of Tierra del Fuego province, Gustavo Melella laid the founding stone of the Ushuaia Integral Naval Base, which will replace the current naval base, and will be built in two phases including 15.000 square meters military wharf.