Frondizi: the first Argentine president to travel to Antarctica

On March 8, 1961, Dr. Arturo Frondizi became the first Argentine president to visit Antarctica. Two days before his landing on the great white continent, Frondizi had passed through Ushuaia, the capital of Tierra del Fuego. From there, he sailed on the ARA Aguirre Bay to the Deception Island Naval Detachment, which is part of the South Shetland Islands and is about 100 kilometers from the Antarctic Peninsula. Why was the visit of the Argentine p…