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  United States Antarctic Inspection Team 2006: Report of Inspections under Article VII of the Antarctic Treaty and ...
The base is adjacent to thriving Adelie and Gentoo penguin rookeries.
Esperanza Base is operated by the Argentine Army, in conjunction with DNA.
Esperanza base personnel and their families all take a mandatory course in Argentina which includes rules on the conservation of flora and fauna in Antarctica.
www.state.gov /g/oes/rls/rpts/82039.htm   (19288 words)

  
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Automatic tide gauge Esperanza, Tides were recorded with a float automatic recorder (scale 1:12) Filing of Data: Servicio de Hidrografia Naval ditto for the Year 1964 and planned program for 1966 Instituto Antartico Argentino, Buenos Aires, 1965 p11 IX Tides 1.
Automatic tide gauge Esperanza, Tides were recorded with a float automatic recorder (scale 1:12) Filing of Data: Servicio de Hidrografia Naval Republica Argentina Report to SCAR on Antarctic Scientific Activities for the Year 1965 and planned program for 1967 Instituto Antartico Argentino, Buenos Aires, 1966 p12 IX.
Automatic tide gauge a) Esperanza, Tides were recorded with a float automatic recorder (scale 1:12) b) Almirante Brown (from January 17 to April 14, 1965, with some interruptions and as from February 19, 1966) 2.
www.geoscience.scar.org /geodesy/perm_ob/tide/atg_summary.txt   (5276 words)

  
  Esperanza Base Information
Built in 1975, the base houses 80 inhabitants in winter, including 10 families and 2 school teachers.
The base telephone number to call from Argentina is 0810-222-0770; the cost is as a local call.
Esperanza Base has some measure of fame because it is the birthplace of Emilio Marcos Palma, the first person to be born on Antarctica mainland.
www.bookrags.com /Esperanza_Base   (203 words)

  
 Esperanza Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Built in 1975, the base houses 55 inhabitants in winter, including 10 families and 2 school teachers.
Esperanza Base has some measure of fame because it is the birthplace of Emilio Marcos Palma, the first person to be born in Antarctica.
The Base's motto is "Permanencia, un acto de sacrificio" ("Permanence, an act of sacrifice").
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Esperanza_Base   (312 words)

  
 Esperanza's Parent Handbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
With your help, we know that Esperanza will be a safe and orderly environment where children can concentrate on their opportunities to learn and grow.
Whenever it becomes necessary for students to leave the room in an emergency, they are to stay with their teacher until the "all clear" signal is sounded and then return in an orderly manner to their classrooms.
Esperanza School has in place procedures for emergencies that may occur during the school day when it becomes necessary to detain students in their classrooms due to some crisis on the campus.
esperanza.dvusd.org /parenthandbook.htm   (4286 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Esperanza Base
The Argentine Base Esperanza (Spanish "Hope Base") is located at, Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula.
Because of that, the Base has tourist facilities that are used by around 1,100 tourists each year.
The Base's motto is "Permanencia, un acto de sacrificio", which means "Permanence, a sacrificing act".
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Esperanza_Base   (277 words)

  
 3553:Blakexpeditions Log for Jan 15, 2001 - Sir Peter Blake Trust   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The base is situated on a gently sloping shale-like area, surrounded by spectacular snow-clad mountains.
A narrow fjord beyond the base leads up to a glacier with an ice wall that extends about a kilometre, dropping sheer into the water, which is over 100m deep right at the base.
Esperanza Base houses a scientific community of about 40 people year-round.
www.sirpeterblaketrust.org /go.php/blakexpeditions/log/3553   (462 words)

  
 Esperanza USA, a Network of Hispanic Christians - Copy of Esperanza USA
Many Latino faith based community organizations do not have funds to hire staff and volunteers are likely to hold full-time jobs, making it difficult to attend to organizational needs.
Esperanza USA is the only national nonprofit organization devoted to organize Latina/o faith based communities on a local, regional, and national level, addressing the need to overcome social, health, and political barriers faced due to ethnic background.
Esperanza also works with mainstream communities, including the Latino/Hispanic community, in providing technical assistance and training designed to sensitize that community on the efforts of community based faith organizations.
www.esperanza.us /site/pp.asp?c=fdJJKPNoFiG&b=1454441   (1010 words)

  
 Programme for Relocating Indigent Population, Valladolid (Spain)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
With respect to the "Poblado de la Esperanza" it can be indicated that this consists of 110 dwellings inhabited by gypsies who previously had been in a shantytown situation.
Given that there is no legal document which testifies as to the situation of the families in so far as the dwellings the ocupy, a funding plan for the owner of these dwellings has been set up to allow them to purchase other normalised housing in the city.
Significant problems which still continue are that a small number of inhabitants of the "Poblado de la Esperanza" cause difficulties for leaving their ghetto situation, and that in some cases social integration of transferred families is very difficult to accomplish.
habitat.aq.upm.es /bpes/onu98/bp450.en.html   (1766 words)

  
 Esperanza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Esperanza, Valverde, a district of the Dominican Republic
Esperanza, Agusan del Sur, a municipality in the Philippines
Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat, a municipality in the Philippines
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Esperanza   (170 words)

  
 School in Antarctica - videoconferencing, VoDSL, speakerphone: Polycom EMEA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Esperanza Base Chief Major Dreus (remote) and Secretary of Communications, Nicolás Gallo, joined KEYTECH S.A. director Susana Alvarez Vitale, the Polycom systems integrator in charge of the deployment, to inaugurate the addition of these powerful capabilities in Argentinian Antarctica.
Argentina's Esperanza Base was founded in 1952 to study the meteorological and geological conditions and monitor changes in these parameters over time.
Today the base is home to 68 Argentinian scientific personnel, including 10 families and 21 children.
www.polycom.com /company_info/1,1412,ee-663,00.html   (302 words)

  
 El Esperanza
El Esperanza, recién pintado y reconvertido para la que será una tarea ardua que le conducirá por 4 de los 5 océanos del mundo.
Refrigeración y aire acondicionado a base de amoníaco en lugar de utilizar el gas freón, que contribuye al cambio climático y disminuye la capa de ozono.
Durante esta expedición el Esperanza será la sede, oficina y taller de su tripulación en algunas de las regiones más remotas del planeta, y para ello está equipado con un completo sistema de comunicaciones.
oceans.greenpeace.org /es/the-expedition/the-esperanza   (354 words)

  
 Antarctica 2001: Chapter 6   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
base leader, and connecting it to some insane device were able to control his voice over the radio, thus luring us in...
But there was no doubt that Esperanza was odd, even without the mysterious radio silence of that morning to add to the plot.
Argentina is so obsessed with establishing a claim that in the 1970s they flew a pregnant woman to Esperanza where she gave birth to the first human born on this frozen continent.
www.whiteweasel.net /trips/vac2001c/chapter06.html   (1680 words)

  
 BASE ESPERANZA  GUIA PARA TURISTAS
La Base es visitada anualmente por numerosos buques de turismo de distinta nacionalidad, totalizando un promedio anual de alrededor de 1.100 turistas.
Próxima a la base, se encuentra una de las pingüineras más grande del mundo, con aproximadamente 250.000 parejas de pingüinos Adelia.
Apoyo sanitario, de comunicaciones y meteorológico a las expediciones, bases, buques y aeronaves nacionales y extranjeras.
www.nalejandria.com /antartida/base_esperanza.htm   (482 words)

  
 ANTARCTICA,
The first person born in Antarctica was Emilio Palma, on Jan. 7, 1978, the son of the commander of Argentina’s Esperanza Base.
The Scott expedition (1901–4) used Ross Island in McMurdo Sound as a base and explored the Ross Ice Shelf and Victoria Land.
All of Scott’s party died on the return journey after the Norwegians returned to their base.
www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=201163   (3131 words)

  
 Base Esperanza - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
La Base Esperanza, ubicada a 63°24′ S 56°59′ O en la bahía Esperanza de la península Trinidad de la Antártida, es una base científica argentina.
La base fue fundada el 17 de diciembre de 1952 por el entonces capitán Jorge Edgar Leal, y ha estado en operación permanente desde entonces.
El fortín Sargento Cabral, parte de la base, fue el escenario del nacimiento de Emilio Marcos Palma el 7 de enero de 1978, el primer nacimiento registrado de un ser humano en la Antártida.
es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Base_Esperanza   (357 words)

  
 thedesertsun.com | Esperanza wildfire coverage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The five U S Forest Service firefighters killed in the Esperanza wildfire in October have figured prominently in an effort to extend survivor benefits to the families of federal firefighters who die in the line of duty...
On the three-month anniversary of the fatal Esperanza wildfire, the Beaumont man accused of setting the blaze was in a Riverside courtroom as a preliminary examination was set in his case.
The deadly Esperanza fire was put out days ago, but fire officials are continuing their round-the-clock work in a cloistered room at Embassy Suites Hotel.
thedesertsun.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/TOPICS/399990127/topics&theme=ESPERANZA&template=theme   (3127 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/esperanzamusic
Esperanza, led by multi-instrumentalist Carlos Villalobos, brings together the rich heritage of Spanish/Flamenco guitar with contemporary rhythms and dance percussion.
ESPERANZA has been featured on various HBO shows including “Sex in the City” and is widely available.
ESPERANZA (LA) (Higher Octave/Virgin) charted on Billboard’s Top New Age Albums at..23 (Nov. 14, 1998 issue) within 6 weeks of it’s debut and his second release, ESPERANZA II hit the Top New Age Album charts at..17.
www.myspace.com /esperanzamusic   (1168 words)

  
 Campaña conjunta antártica 2003
Navegando rumbo a la Base Jubany, sobre la banda de babor, se observa el témpano A-38a, de dimensiones aproximadas de 40 por 22 millas náuticas.
Posteriormente continúa rumbo a la Base Esperanza, arribando a media tarde, se realizan operaciones de vuelo para desembarco de material prioritario y se embarca la dotación saliente compuesta por 42 personas.
Una vez concretadas las tareas en la casi centenaria Base Orcadas, con la activa participación de los botes MK 5 y los helicópteros Sea King de la Aviación Naval, el Rompehielos iniciará su viaje rumbo a Ushuaia.
www.irizar.org /prueba1.html   (1058 words)

  
 Mercopress
Apparently one of the humorous moments of the visit was during the exhibition of a video on Antarctic wildlife including a rookery.
One of the Deputies said it looked like "a (Argentine) cabinet meeting" in direct reference to the fact that President Kirchner and his team of closest aides are referred as the "penguins" because they come from Santa Cruz province.
Marambio based founded October 26 of 1969 has become a "strategic communications" centre between Antarctica and the continent and among the different bases in the region.
www.falkland-malvinas.com /vernoticia.do?id=4623&formato=HTML   (754 words)

  
 Marcas especiales
Inauguración de la estación meteorológica sinóptica de la Base Marambio.
February 1904 at South Orkney Islands showing a group of Argentine and British people, members of the first expedition, which was used for the design of the special cachet.
BASE ORCADAS (Type H4) 25.FEB.1996 and cds BASE ESPERANZA (Type G6) 9.FEB.1996.
web.sion.com /s.alaimo/spec.html   (708 words)

  
 Antarctica Cruise and Travel Guide, Antarctic Peninsula
It was at this base that the first child born in Antarctica was delivered, it also boasts its own mayor, post office and school.
An environmental monitoring programme was established when the base began being manned in 1996 to to investigate potential visitor disturbance to the rookery of gentoo penguins nearby.
Some bases are more accommodating than others depending on the level of tourist traffic that comes their way.
www.coolantarctica.com /Travel/antarctic_peninsula.htm   (1364 words)

  
 Campaña Antártica 2003
El rompehielos se encuentra en Base Esperanza realizando tareas de descarga de combustible y carga general con buena meteorología, cielo nublado y un viento de intensidad de 10 nudos del cuadrante Sur.
La unidad se encuentra a 20 millas náuticas de la Base Marambio, en horas de la tarde nevaba viéndose afectada de este modo la visibilidad.
Durante los días previos se completó el reabastecimiento de la Base Esperanza y el próximo paso es transportar al personal relevado a la Base Marambio a fin de que retorne al continente por vía aérea.
www.irizar.org /cam.html   (309 words)

  
 GameSpy: UFO: Extraterrestrials
The year is now 2025 and on the newly colonized planet Esperanza our space devices have not just been approached by alien machines but attacked.
The player controls a squad of soldiers, light and heavy support combat vehicles, robots and air units located in a base on the planet Esperanza that had been colonized by the spaceship Magalhaes in the year 2023.
This squad was brought together by the Esperanza government to face a threat that comes from deep space.
pc.gamespy.com /pc/ufo-extraterrestrials-and-the-esperanza-imperative   (194 words)

  
 QSL Information Pages - Antarctica
QTH : LRA 36, BASE ESPERANZA, CP 9411 ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA.
V/s Mayor Fernando Josè Isla Jefe Base Esperanza.
Base Esperanza is located in the very north of Antarctic Peninsula, coords are S 63d24', W 56d59'.
www.schoechi.de /au-ata.html   (3628 words)

  
 Base Esperanza « Antártida Argentina… el color del continente
No sólo a los adolescentes de Base Esperanza, sino también a los universitarios de Base San Martín.
En la actualidad la Base Esperanza, custodia del ecosistema, es la puerta de entrada a la Península Antártica, facilitando su penetración, reconocimiento y exploración a lo largo de sus costas oriental y occidental como de sus islas adyacentes; permite la interconexión antártica por modo terrestre, aéreo y marítimo.
Desde sus comienzos, las actividades que se desarrollaron en la Base fueron de reconocimiento y exploración, construcción de refugios en la zona, estudios de topografía, meteorología y mareografía, todos ellos tendientes a afianzar la soberanía del País en el Territorio Antártico y dar a conocer nuestra posición ante los demás países del mundo.
antartidaargentina.wordpress.com /tag/base-esperanza   (989 words)

  
 BASE ESPERANZA  GUIA PARA TURISTAS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
La Base es visitada anualmente por numerosos buques de turismo de distinta nacionalidad, totalizando un promedio anual de alrededor de 1.100 turistas.
Próxima a la base, se encuentra una de las pingüineras más grande del mundo, con aproximadamente 250.000 parejas de pingüinos Adelia.
Apoyo sanitario, de comunicaciones y meteorológico a las expediciones, bases, buques y aeronaves nacionales y extranjeras.
www.nuevaalejandria.com /antartida/base_esperanza.htm   (482 words)

  
 Argentina Marítima - Geografía - Argentina Antártica - Reportaje a un Veterano de las Campañas Antárticas
Luego conocí la Base Esperanza, que es muy linda porque uno puede apreciar la belleza de la naturaleza.
Cerca de allí, había una base inglesa abandonada desde hacía 40 años, y nosotros la visitábamos de vez en cuando con un espíritu turístico.
En la Base Esperanza hay una maromacon de 15 a 20 perros antárticos, que arrastran los trineos y son animales que nacen, viven y mueren en la maroma en la Antártida.
www.libreopinion.com /argentinamaritima/geografia_antartida_reportaje.htm   (749 words)

  
 WHOI : People : Regina Campbell-Malone : Projects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
When they aren't incubating they are walking or sliding around on their tummies when moving from place to place.
Esperanza is located on the northeastern coast of Trinity Peninsula.
Together, the base families and our crew ate at four long tables set up in the shape of the letter E. The family of the base chief, Nestor Fabian Arguello, and his family sat at the head table with The Gould's Captain Mike.
www.whoi.edu /hpb/viewPage.do?id=1310&cl=3   (3315 words)

  
 Interactions with People
As late as 1980, researchers at the Argentina Esperanza Base in Antarctica continued to feed penguins to their dogs.
All sled dogs were removed from the Antarctica continent in 1990 however, and no longer pose a threat to penguins.
For example, in 1990, an aircraft flying too low over a breeding colony in route to a base on Macquarie Island caused a stampede that resulted in the death of 1,000 adult penguins and 6,000 chicks.
earthguide.ucsd.edu /penguins/people.html   (1021 words)

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