Word: marambio
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...eliminate the jockeying for position. The U.S. and the Soviet Union have deliberately placed bases in areas claimed by others, and countries have tried to solidify their stakes by setting up post offices and sending children to school in Antarctica. Argentina flew a pregnant woman to its Marambio base so that she could give birth to the first native of Antarctica. But no nation has overtly asserted sovereignty since the 1950s. Even during the Falklands war, Britain and Argentina, together with other nations, sat down to discuss Antarctic Treaty issues...
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