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Great Britain laid claim to the Falkland Islands Group, which includes the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, some 150 years ago. In recent times, the larger islands have been settled by a small number of expatriate United Kingdom citizens renowned for their strong sense of loyalty to the British Crown. The Head of State was represented by a Governor General and a defense force consisting of a Company of Royal Marines garrisoned on 6-month tours of duty. On South Georgia Island, seasonal industrial activity centered on a whaling station at Grytviken. Permanent habitation was established in 1982 by 30 members of the British Antarctic Survey.
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Ørner, R.J. (1993). Posttraumatic Stress Syndromes among British Veterans of the Falklands War. In: Wilson, J.P., Raphael, B. (eds) International Handbook of Traumatic Stress Syndromes. The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2820-3_25
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