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The Italian base at Terra Nova Bay is open again

Rome, Italy - Twenty men arrived to reopen the station

Friday the Italian Antarctic Base "Mario Zucchelli" at Terra Nova Bay has been opened again, on the field of the national program of researches in the Antarctica (PNRA). Twenty men arrived to Terra Nova on board a C-130 Hercules aircraft to open the base and worked for hours. "All the four electricity-generating groups has been activated; the men went down on the pack and inspected the camps near the...

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Rome, Italy, 10/23/2006 17:39
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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