• Yelcho Base is a Chilean Antarctic research base. It is located on the shore of the South Bay, Doumer Island. The station was built in 1962 by the Chilean...
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    scientists and tourists. The base was recently used (2011) in researches of the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH) Yelcho Base 64°52′33″S 63°35′02″W / 64...
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    Isaza LSG Hallef LSG Alacalufe PM Puerto Williams The bow section of the Yelcho, the tug used by Luis Pardo in the 20th century to rescue Ernest Shackleton's...
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    stations are Palmer Station of the United States and Yelcho Base of Chile, reopened in 2015. The research base was established in 1947 at the Wordie House site...
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    September 1910, and assigned to the Magallanes Naval Base in southern Chile as captain of the steam tug Yelcho. During the ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic...
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    Peninsula ECARE Gerritsz Matienzo Melchior Primavera Mendel Videla, Brown Yelcho, Lockroy Petrel TARS Carvajal San Martín Vernadsky Palmer O'Higgins Esperanza...
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  • first published in July 1982. The subtitle is "A Summary Report of the Yelcho Expedition to the Antarctic, 1909–1910"; the story describes an expedition...
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    Chilean government and was offered the use of the Yelcho, a small seagoing tug from the Chilean Navy. Yelcho, commanded by Captain Luis Pardo, and the British...
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  • lease, where she continued to serve Chile as Yelcho (AGS 64) until decommissioned on 16 August 1996. Yelcho was sunk as a target on 5 July 1999. Tekesta...
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    Island were rescued by Captain Luis Pardo, commanding the Chilean Navy's Yelcho, a small steamer lent to Shackleton by the Chilean government. The experiences...
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    Chilean Navy to lend him Yelcho, a small steam tug that had assisted Emma during the previous attempt. They agreed; on 25 August, Yelcho—captained by captain...
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    Mountains from Argentina into Chile and drains into Yelcho Lake. From this point the river is renamed Rio Yelcho and continues to its mouth at the Pacific Ocean...
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  • Martín[permanent dead link] Crater Lake in Oregon has a maximum depth of 594m, based on its USGS benchmark surface elevation of 1883m. The US National Park Service...
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    unable to get through the ice to reach them. The fourth attempt, in the Yelcho (lent by the Chilean government) was successful, and all of the twenty-two...
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    but the ship's engine blew. Then, finally, with the aid of the steam-tug Yelcho commanded by Luis Pardo, the entire party was brought to safety, reaching...
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    survivors of the Endurance by the Yelcho. The inscription reads: "Here on August 30th, 1916, the Chilean Navy cutter Yelcho commanded by Pilot Luis Pardo...
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    In August, Worsley and Shackleton returned to Elephant Island aboard the Yelcho, a Chilean naval ship, to rescue the remaining members of the expedition...
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  • about Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition in 1914. It is based on the book of the same name. Endurance was the name of the ship of Shackleton's...
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    Endurance – were lost in the course of their expeditions; two more – Gauss and Yelcho – were scrapped when their useful lives were over. The fate of the Japanese...
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    Yelcho River, in the Palena Province, Los Lagos Region, Chile. The glacially eroded volcano is flanked by Holocene cinder cones. The volcano's base has...
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  • claims deriving from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Seiden represents Yelcho International in a $320m judgment enforcement case against Saudi Prince...
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    Expedition Events Drift of the Aurora Voyage of the James Caird Rescue by the Yelcho Luis Pardo Locations Caird Coast Cave Cove Elephant Island Fortuna Glacier...
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    seaweed. They were finally rescued by Shackleton aboard the Chilean ship Yelcho. Point Wild on Elephant Island is named after Frank Wild; a monument dedicated...
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    founded the firm of Caird (Dundee) Ltd in 1832. The business was originally based in a 12 loom shed at Ashtown Works. The elder Caird was one of the first...
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    in from Argentina, through the town, and empties into the fjord-shaped Yelcho Lake. Day trips and multi-day trips are available on "the Futa" while several...
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  • by the Chilean Navy cutter Yelcho displaying the following words: Here on 30 August 1916, the Chilean Navy cutter Yelcho commanded by Pilot Luis Pardo...
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  • Patrick O'Brian John Blackthorne, hero of James Clavell's 1975 novel Shōgun, based on William Adams Captain Birdseye, advertising mascot for the Birds Eye...
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    January 1912, where the main base was built. It departed on 19 January, heading west to find a location for the western base, which was eventually sited...
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    Expedition Events Drift of the Aurora Voyage of the James Caird Rescue by the Yelcho Luis Pardo Locations Caird Coast Cave Cove Elephant Island Fortuna Glacier...
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    Montevideo, to learn that Shackleton had effected his crew's own rescue in the Yelcho while Discovery was en route. In order to cover some of the costs of the...
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