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@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# @(#)antarctica	7.23
+# @(#)antarctica	8.1
+# <pre>
 
 # From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
 # To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ Rule	ChileAQ	2000	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	0:00	0	-
 # Australia - territories
 # Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
 #	previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
-#	<a href="http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html">
+#	<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html">
 #	Margaret Turner reports
 #	</a> (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST;
 #	presumably this is when they have visitors.
@@ -90,23 +91,23 @@ Zone Antarctica/Mawson	0	-	zzz	1954 Feb 13
 # </a>
 
 # Brazil - year-round base
-# Ferraz, King George Island, since 1983/4
+# Comandante Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4
 
 # Chile - year-round bases and towns
 # Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994
-# Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07
-# O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
-# Prat, -6230-05941
-# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), King George Island, since 1984-04-09
+# Presidente Eduadro Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07
+# General Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
+# Capitan Arturo Prat, -6230-05941
+# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09
 # These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'.
 
 # China - year-round bases
-# Great Wall, King George Island, since 1985-02-20
-# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, since 1989-02-26
+# Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20
+# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26
 
 # France - year-round bases
 #
-# From Antoine Leca <Antoine.Leca@Renault.FR> (1997-01-20):
+# From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20):
 # Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
 # (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).
 # She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases
@@ -139,25 +140,22 @@ Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 -	zzz	1947
 			0	-	zzz	1956 Nov
 			10:00	-	DDUT	# Dumont-d'Urville Time
 # Reference:
-# <a href="http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html">
-# Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1997-02-03)
+# <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station">
+# Dumont d'Urville Station (2005-12-05)
 # </a>
 
-
 # Germany - year-round base
-# Georg von Neumayer
+# Georg von Neumayer, -7039-00815
 
 # India - year-round base
-# Dakshin Gangotri
+# Dakshin Gangotri, -7005+01200
 
 # Japan - year-round bases
-# Dome Fuji
-# Syowa
+# Dome Fuji, -7719+03942
+# Syowa, -690022+0393524
 #
 # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
-# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.  [See]
-# <a href="http://www.crl.go.jp/uk/uk201/basyo.htm">[reference in Japanese]</a>
-# and information from KAMO Hiroyasu <wd@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp>.
+# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.
 #
 # Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
 # was established on 1957-01-29.  Since Syowa station is still the main
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Syowa	0	-	zzz	1957 Jan 29
 # </a>
 
 # S Korea - year-round base
-# King Sejong, King George Island, since 1988
+# King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988
 
 # New Zealand - claims
 # Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
@@ -202,7 +200,8 @@ Rule	NZAQ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
 # Russia - year-round bases
 # Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
 # Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
-# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
+# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551,
+#	year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
 # Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
 #	year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
 
@@ -234,8 +233,8 @@ Zone Antarctica/Vostok	0	-	zzz	1957 Dec 16
 			6:00	-	VOST	# Vostok time
 
 # S Africa - year-round bases
-# Marion Island
-# Sanae
+# Marion Island, -4653+03752
+# Sanae, -7141-00250
 
 # UK
 #
@@ -270,7 +269,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/Rothera	0	-	zzz	1976 Dec  1
 #
 # Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
 #
-# From Ethan Dicks <erd@mcmsun5.mcmurdo.gov> (1996-10-06):
+# From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06):
 # It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
 # and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
 # I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
@@ -295,7 +294,7 @@ Zone Antarctica/McMurdo	0	-	zzz	1956
 # Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the
 # larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit.
 #
-# From Chris Carrier <72157.3334@CompuServe.COM> (1996-06-27):
+# From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27):
 # Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
 # stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
 # but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12