Research stations in Antarctica Meteorological Office, Ministry of Livestock and National Postal and Telegraphs Office. In 1906, Argentina communicated to the international community the establishment of a permanent base on South Orkney Islands. Little happened for the following forty years until the Second World War, when the British launched Operation Tabarin in 1943, to establish a presence on the continent. The chief reason was to establish solid British claims to various uninhabited islands and parts of Antarctica, reinforced by Argentine sympathies toward Germany. Prior to the start of the war, German aircraft had dropped markers with swastikas across Queen Maud Land in an attempt
Amphibolis antarctica Amphibolis antarctica Amphibolis antarctica, commonly known as wire weed or sea nymph, is a seagrass found in coastal waters of southern and western Australia. It is a herbaceous perennial up to 80 centimetres high. It has shorter leaves than the other "Amphibolis" species, "A. griffithii". Its flowers are green, and appear from September to February. First published as "Ruppia antarctica" by Jacques Labillardière in 1807, it has since been moved into numerous genera. It was named "Caulinia antarctica" by Robert Brown in 1810, "Posidonia antarctica" by C. P. J. Sprengel in 1824, " Cymodocea antarctica" by C. S. Kunth in