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Gonzalez Videla {[[underlined]] Presidente Gabriel Gonzalez Videla [[/underlined]] Air Force Base

since 1951
Bryde & Lemaire Island offer wind shelter ^[[insertion]] and protection from high seas [[/insertion]] for base "(Lenton) =)" The strong tidal current flowing in area prevents ice from forming even in the winter months. [[left margin, circled]] Poor Anchorage in 45 fms [[/left margin]] [[arrow to right]] Vessels have to be on alert for danger from large ice bergs which tend to drif through straight

[[double underlined]] Note. [[/double underlined]] Would not icebergs large or high enough to damage [[canto?]] lever, get stranded before the could reach or damage station?

[[three horizontal lines in margin]] Get Bogdanovich Rept. 1959-60

[[insertion, clipping]] 2 FEB -- Anchored in Paradise Harbor on Danco Coast. Conducted scientific survey Paradise Harbor area. Visited Chilean ship PILOTO PARDO with Chilean Minister of Defense, Chief of Naval Operations, and other dignitaries embarked. Made aerial photos base area. Complete survey Paradise Harbor area. Routine maintenance ship, boats, and helicopters. 
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[[underlined]] Saturday [[/underlined]] Feb 2/63 
{✓ [[underlined]] 36° This am. smooth as glass see wind 4 knot [[/underlined]]
{light current, still a bright day. 
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Chilean minister of war visits
Base leaders were over yesterday [[insertion]] as guests of [[/insertion]] [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] Capt for Lunch
> sheep & chickens & stacks of hay.

{At 11 p.m. tried electric light off gangway hung down for Chilean visitors, after 6 mins, or was it 7 took it up as no movement of any sort was visible in water. 
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Left at 8:30 am. [[insertion]] After 1st [[underlined]] set at Chilean Base [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]] picked up traps, went to Cormorant rookery, saw them, and Gentoos and chin-strap penguin colonies.
[[image --mountains--]] De Briere Pt 
[[left margin]] a.m. { [[/left margin]] "Jack" picked up a dead snow petrel [[insertion, with line]] measured 14 5/8 long tip bill to mid-tail hinder margin [[/insertion]], though Poblette wrapped it up for freezing it stunk so to high heaven that I had to discard it. Despite stink it had died of poison washed in water from [[blank space with underline]]; was dead for some little time? any way I cut it open and in gizzard [[strikethrough]] fr [[/strikethrough]] and\or oesph found what looked like little shrimp-head. [[insertion]] pt. carpace & rostrum [[/insertion]] Shall check
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