I am writing a book about Super Étendard ops during the 1982 war and I have some very interesting conversations with some pilots and, also, with Commander Alfredo Dabini, the Hermes Quijada Naval Air Base commander (located at Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego).
The Argentine naval aviation deployed to the base every year and have large hangars and heated accomodations. Also, the base had (now is not longer used) a large underground bunker for Command & Control.
But the base have only one runway, almost always wet and sometimes with ice. The climate was very cold and humid (and, of course, you have the six seasons problem...). Tierra del Fuego was not really a developed area, so the logistic tail went up to Comodoro Rivadavia, Espora or Buenos Aires.
So, the base had their up and lows. But, really, for an Argentine Naval pilot in 1982, Hermes Quijada was a well-known place and I did not hear big complains about it.