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Esperanza Base
, established in 1953, is one of Argentina's 13
Antarctic research bases
, located in
Hope Bay
on the
Trinity Peninsula
of the larger
Antarctic Peninsula
. It contains 43 buildings with 3,744 square metres (40,300 sq ft) of space. In 1978, a pregnant woman was flown there for the birth of her child,
Emilio Palma
, the first in Antarctica.
Photograph:
Godot13
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