British Frigate Wins Last-Minute Battle With Antarctic. Break Out From Admiralty Bay.Men of the Falkland Island's Dependencies base at Admiralty Bay learning "Sparrow" to find their way to shore through *****.These exclusive pictures, flown to London from the Antarctic, are the first to reach Britain showing the successful struggle of the tiny frigates H.M.S. "Sparrow" to break from the grip of the Antarctic winter. March 04, 1949.