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Dogs and Men1944-1994 The illustrated story of the dogs of BAS |
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FIDS - Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey - and BAS - British Antarctic Survey - Bases have been (and are) referred to by a letter as well as a name.
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Base / Station C currently occupied H designated historic monument under the Antarctic treaty |
Co-ordinates |
Date first / last occupied |
| A - Port Lockroy H | 63°49'S, 63°30'W | 11/02/44 - 16/01/62 |
| B - Deception Island | 62°59'S, 60°34'W | 03/02/44 - 23/02/69 |
| BI - Bird Island C | 54°00'S, 38°03'W | 22/09/82 - present |
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C - Cape Geddes |
60°41'S, 44°34'W | 18/01/47 - 17/03/47 |
| D - Hope Bay | 63°24'S, 56°59'W | 10/02/45 - 13/02/64 |
| E - Stonington Island H | 68°11'S, 67°00'W | 24/02/46 - 23/02/75 |
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F - Argentine Islands / Faraday
H (Wordie house) |
65°15'S, 64°16'W | 07/01/47 - 22/07/95 |
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G - Admiralty Bay |
62°05'S, 58°25'W | 25/01/47 - 19/01/61 |
| H - Signy Island | 60°43'S, 45°36'W | 18/03/47 - 13/04/96 |
| J - Prospect Point | 66°00'S, 65°21'W | 01/02/57 - 23/02/59 |
| KG - Fossil Bluff | 71°20'S, 68°17'W |
20/02/61, intermittent summer only since 1975 |
| M - King Edward Point, South Georgia C | 54°17'S, 36°30'W |
intermittent from 01/01/50 22/03/01 - present |
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N - Anvers Island |
64°46'S, 64°05'W | 27/02/55 - 10/01/58 |
| O - Danco Island | 64°44'S, 62°36'W | 26/02/56 - 22/02/59 |
| R - Rothera C | 67°34' S,68°08' W | 25/10/75 - present |
| T - Adelaide Island | 67°46'S, 68°55'W | 02/02/61 - 01/03/77 |
| V - View Point | 63°32'S, 57°23'W | 08/02/53 - 25/11/63 |
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W - Detaille Island |
66°52'S, 66°48'W | 21/02/56 - 01/04/59 |
| Y - Horseshoe Island H | 67°47'S, 67°18'W | 11/03/55 - 21/08/60 |
| Z - Halley bay C |
75°35'S, 26°34'W (position has varied due to movement of the ice-sheet and re-building the base) |
06/01/56 - present |
notes
The first and last dates of occupation for each base is given, these dates refer to periods of year-round occupation, not summer-only. The occupation may not have been continuous between the dates given, many bases have been temporarily closed and re-opened again within the boundary dates.
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