They call it an airbridge, but it feels more like a flight to another planet. The "easiest" way to get to the Falklands is on a British Royal Air Force charter flight from RAF Brize Norton in central England. But it's not that easy. From the time I shut my front door in Britain to the time we touch down on these remote islands, 24 hours have elapsed. An eight-hour leg to the Ascension Islands -- a tiny speck of land in the Atlantic -- and then another eight hours down to RAF Mount Pleasant on the Falkland Islands -- a slightly bigger speck of land.
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The Falkland Islands, or Las Malvinas, are the source of a long-running dispute between the UK and Argentina
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Most residents on the British protectorate are loyal to the UK despite their proximity to Argentina
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Life in the capital is reminiscent of an English village -- red telephone boxes, warm beer, and fish and chips -- with penguins
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As international tensions simmer, locals are analyzing every word coming from Argentina's president
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The two countries went to war over the issue in 1982, and tensions between the two countries are rising again over the islands which @placeholder calls Las Malvinas.
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Falkland Islands
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The two countries went to war over the issue in 1982, and tensions between the two countries are rising again over the islands which Argentina calls @placeholder.
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The islanders are proud, tanned, rugged and permanently wrapped up against the chill of the south @placeholder.
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They say they are Falkland Islanders first, @placeholder second, and most won't countenance the idea of becoming Argentine.