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Volker Strecke DL8JDX is touring around Antarctica on board of a cruise Ship. Yesterday Volker sends WAP a couple of pictures; one of this is the Refuge Armada Argentina, also known as Groussac Refuge (WAP ARG-18) on Petermann island, a small, low and rounded island, lying off the northwest coast of Kyiv in Graham Land, Antarctica, a short distance south of Booth Island and the Lemaire Channel. It is a popular tourist destination.
Opened on February 6, 1955, Grussac Naval refuge (65° 10’ 33” South, 64° 08’ 10” West), on Petermann Island, was originally named to Hipólito Bouchard., It takes its current name in homage to Paul Groussac (1848-1929), a French writer and historian based in Argentina and author of an allegation about the Argentine sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. 
Close to this Argentine naval refuge ( an old corrugated iron shack in rusted colors), lays a simple cross monument, an unreadable metal plaque with just one word “John” recalls the dead of a man of the British Antarctic Survey, who tried to get here over the sea ice in 1982..
On Peterman Island, there is a cairn (the original one is in Paris at Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle) erected on the hill in 1909. The cairn, with a replica plaque, has been designated a Historical site or Monument (HSM 27), following a proposal by Argentina, France and the United Kingdom.
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Volker Strecke DL8JDX fait le tour de l’Antarctique à bord d’un bateau de croisière. Hier, Volker a envoyé WAP quelques photos ; l’un d’eux est le Refuge Armada Argentina, également connu sous le nom de Refuge de Grooussa (WAP ARG-18) sur l’île Petermann, une petite île basse et arrondie, située au large de la côte nord-ouest de Kyiv dans la Terre de Graham, en Antarctique, à une courte distance au sud de l’île Booth et du canal Lemaire. C’est une destination touristique populaire.
Ouvert le 6 février 1955, Refuge Naval de Grussac (65° 10′ 33′ Sud, 64° 08′ 10′ Ouest), sur Petermann Island, a été nommée à l’origine par Hipólito Bouchard., Elle tire son nom actuel en hommage à Paul Groussac (1848-1929), écrivain et historien français basé en Argentine et auteur d’une allégation sur la souveraineté argentine des îles Falkland.
Près de ce refuge naval argentin (une ancienne cabane en tôle ondulée aux couleurs rouillées), se trouve un simple monument en forme de croix, une plaque métallique illisible avec un seul mot ‘John’ rappelle la mort d’un homme du British Antarctic Survey, qui a tenté d’obtenir ici sur la banquise en 1982..
Sur l’île Peterman, il y a un cairn (l’original se trouve à Paris au Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle) érigé sur la colline en 1909. Le cairn, avec une réplique de plaque, a été désigné Site ou monument historique (HSM 27), suite à une proposition de l’Argentine, de la France et du Royaume-Uni.
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Cape Adare is a prominent cape of black basalt forming the northern tip of the Adare Peninsula and the north-easternmost extremity of Victoria Land, East Antarctica and an important landing site and Base Camp during early Antarctic Exploration.
Cape Hallett, located 63 miles (101 km) to the South of Cape Adare, is a snow-free area on the northern tip of the Hallett Pensula on the Ross Sea coast of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. he cape was the location of a joint scientific base, Hallett Station, (WAP MNB-08) between the United States and New Zealand during the International Geophisical Year of 1957, and was manned permanently until 1964, when there was a major fire. It was then used as a summer only base until 1973. 
The callsign of Hallett Base (
dome that was reportedly used for plant growth as early as 1958 (Image credit: John Cranfield ©Antarctica New Zealand Pictorial Collection [ANZSC0163.2][1961-1962]).
Members of the Northern Party of Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition over-wintered at Cape Adare in 1911 and 1912. They also erected one hut, which has fallen into ruin today. The remains of two Borchgrevink’s Hut, as well as those of the Terra Nova Expedition’s hut, have also been designated a Histpric Site or Monument (