Esperanza Base
The
Argentine Base Esperanza (
Spanish "Hope Base") is located at ,
Hope Bay,
Trinity Peninsula,
Antarctic Peninsula.
Built in
1975, the base houses 80 inhabitants in winter, including 10 families and 2 school teachers. The provincial school
#38 "Julio Argentino Roca" acquired independent status in
1997, though it was started in
1978. The LRA 36
Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel radio station started transmitting in 1979.
The mean temperatures are -5.5 °
C throughout the year: -10.8 °C in winter and 0.2 °C in summer. The temperature trend since 1948 is +0.0315 °C/yr (annual), +0.0413 °C/yr (winter) and +0.0300 °C/yr (summer).
The 43 buildings of the station combine 374,400 m
2 covered. 180,000 litres of fuel are used annually by the 4 generators to produce electricity for the station.Around 1,100 tourists visit the base each year.
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.
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Council Of Managers Of National Antarctic Programs: Base Esperanza*
Temperatures*
Argentine Army's site about the base
