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dragonwriter 10 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: US influencer stranded in Antarctica after landing...

The base was established in 1969, the protocol was signed in 1991 and entered into force in 1998.

scotty79 10 months ago [–]

So why is it still there? They should pack up theirs stuff and go back home in 1998 at the latest.

dragonwriter 10 months ago | [–]

Because its largely a scientific/meteorological research station and an airport serving that station and the many others of different countries on King George Island, and because nothing in the Protocol prohibits it?

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