“The South Atlantic is a permanent geopolitical, military and strategic objective that Argentina must have, in which Antarctica clearly plays a very important role,” said Defence Minister Rossi
Argentina s 2020/2021 Antarctic campaign successfully finished last week after the arrival of the Argentine Navy icebreaker “Almirante Irízar” at the port of Buenos Aires without registering any positive case of Covid-19 among its 392 crew members, military and scientists.
The icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar arrived at the port of Buenos Aires after more than 5 months of work, which represents the longest Antarctic campaign without touching land, due to the fact that the entire crew had to carry out quarantines and comply with sanitary protocols in order to avoid coronavirus infections on the white continent.