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
Swansboro Country Airport helicopter. Swansboro Country Airport was established in 1969 to transport real estate agents and their clients from the then-new Swansboro Country subdivision, the first rural subdivision in El Dorado County. The original airstrip, created by the US Forest Service, was expanded and is now privately owned, and use is restricted to property owners and their guests. During the 2014 King Fire, the airfield was used as a staging area for fire trucks, crew trucks and heavy equipment. Swansboro Country Airport Swansboro Country Airport is four air miles (6 km) northeast of Placerville, in El Dorado County, California. It is owned