evidence: In 1908, both the South Sandwich and South Georgia islands were formally annexed by Great Britain, but their identity once again came under fire after Argentina made a territorial claim in 1927. This dispute came to a head when Argentina attempted to annex South Georgia as a dependency of the Falkland Islands in 1982. [...] Perhaps once of the most momentous points in South Georgia’s young history is the Battle of Grytviken, part of Argentina’s campaign to annex the Falklands in 1982. The conflict occurred when Argentinean troops landed on South Georgia in February, overcoming the British Marines stationed there. Britain finally recaptured the island in April of the same year. [...] Presently, it forms part of an island group called the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, a British overseas territory since 1985. Only a small group of scientists remain on the island, charged with the maintenance of the British Antarctic Survey stations there.