Flights will depart once or twice weekly from Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego to the Argentinian base Marambio on Seymour Island, situated near the tip of the Antarctic peninsula, La Nacion newspaper reports.
The airstrip at Marambio will be upgraded with a radar station allowing for the safe arrival of regular flights.
Approximately 10 per cent of accommodations at the base will be made available for tourists, Ministry of Defence secretary Walter Ceballos told DPA.
The flights will take around one and a half hours and will be serviced by turboprop planes from the state-owned airline LADE, the report said.
Marambio is situated approximately 3330km south of Buenos Aires.
* The writer stayed in South West Rocks courtesy of BIG4 Sunshine Holiday Park.
Source: AAP
