The ship was designed by Vard Marine at a cost of 4 million dollars. Image: Andrés López Castro / Armada de Chile The long-awaited Almirante Viel, the second Antarctic vessel of the same name, is making her first tack in the South Pacific before embarking on ambitious...
The Chilean base Eduardo Frei Montalva (pictured here in 2006) is located in Fildes Bay on King George Island. Image: Mefisto29 / Wikimedia Common Chile does not hesitate to take advantage of its geographical position with the white continent and, this time, send out...
As here at Bernardo O’Higgins, Chile maintains year-round research facilities in Antarctica. Image: Sergio Gonzales Alacron / Wikipedia As part of Chile’s constitutional reform and the second phase of drafting a new constitution, the U-Antarctica group of...
