Operación 90
1965 CE.
Shown on the map at -81.068°, -40.600°.
Operación 90 (Operation Ninety) was the first Argentine ground expedition to the South Pole, carried out in 1965 by ten soldiers of the Argentine Army under then-Colonel Jorge Edgar Leal. It was also the first Latin-American expedition to the South Pole. It was named after the target: 90 degree South latitude point (the geographic South Pole) The operation had been originally conceived by General Hernán Pujato in the early 1950s but could not be carried out due a lack of forward bases and icebreakers The plan was revived in 1961, and finally approved in July 1962 Preparations began in 1963 and suffered multiple mishaps, including the loss of a Douglas C-47 plane, which crashed while scouting possible routes; the crew was rescued a few days later. Colonel Jorge Edgar Leal, chief of the General Staff's Antarctic Division, was chosen to lead the expedition. One of the goals of the expedition was to perform scientific measurements and observations. To accomplish this, the soldiers were trained on how to use various meteorological, glaciological, gravimetric, magnetic and topographic equipment.
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