Operación 90

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title: Operación 90
text: Operación 90 was the first Argentine ground expedition to the South Pole, carried out in 1965 by ten soldiers of the Argentine Army under then-Colonel Jorge Edgard Leal. It was also the first Latin-American expedition to the South Pole. It was named after the target: 90 degree South latitude point The operation had been originally conceived by General Hernán Pujato in the early 1950s but could not be carried out due a lack of forward bases and icebreakers The plan was revived in 1961, and finall
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description: 1965 operation of the Argentine Army to cement claims on Antarctica
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operaci%C3%B3n_90
date created: 2005-08-25T02:48:27Z
date modified: 2024-08-28T22:54:45Z
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