Virtual Globetrotting: Antarctica

Virtual Globetrotting: Antarctica http://virtualglobetrotting.com/ A great way to explore everything that can be seen from space! en-us Copyright 2008 admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:43:45 -0500 http://backend.userland.com/rss <![CDATA[Abandoned whaling camp on Deception Island]]>

Abandoned whaling camp on Deception Island
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-07-16 11:43:45
Deception Island is located in the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula. One of the area’s only safe harbors, Deception Island offered a refuge from storms and was also the site of several research stations and whaling operations. Many buildings have been abandoned there due both to a decline in the use of whale oil and a volcanic eruption in 1969. The volcano has made it an unpopular location, but Spain and Argentina still have summer-only research stations there.]]>

Avalanche!!!
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By: mikeb9991
@ 2008-03-10 14:07:04]]>

Avalanche!!!
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By: mikeb9991
@ 2008-03-10 14:07:04]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/47330/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/47330/ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:07:04 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/47330/ -62.52043800 -59.64048400 <![CDATA[Giant Snowball]]>

Giant Snowball
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By: mlc1us
@ 2007-11-27 13:24:34
A giant snowball formed by snow rolling down a hill. Credit to Micradott at Google Earth Hacks.]]>

Giant Snowball
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By: mlc1us
@ 2007-11-27 13:24:34
A giant snowball formed by snow rolling down a hill. Credit to Micradott at Google Earth Hacks.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41461/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41461/ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:24:34 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41461/ -64.40596500 -62.64733800 <![CDATA[Law-Racoviţă Station]]>

Law-Racoviţă Station
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-10-04 02:14:04
From Wikipedia:

The Law-Racoviţă Station (Romanian: Staţia Law-Racoviţă) is the first Antarctic exploration station of Romania, named after the Romanian explorer Emil Racoviţă.

The station is situated in Princess Elizabeth Land, more specifically in the Larsemann Hills. It was inaugurated on January 13, 2006, on the site of an exporation station built in 1989 by Australia and donated to Romania.

Law-Racoviţă Station is operated by the Romanian Polar Research Institute, and is led by polar explorer Teodor Negoiţă.]]>

Progress Station
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-10-04 02:09:36
From Wikipedia:

Progress (Russian: Прогресс) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) research station in Antarctica. It is located at the Larsemann Hills Oasis on the shore of Prydz Bay.

The station was established by the 33rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition on April 1, 1988 and was moved to another place on February 26, 1989 In 2000, work was temporarily halted but it reopened in 2003.

A landing field is located close to the station for air connection with other stations. From 1998-2001 work was done on the moving of transportation devices to Progress from Mirny Station.

Since 2004, a new year-round facility is being built.]]>

Rothera Research Station
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-10-04 02:03:23
From Wikipedia:

Rothera research station is a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) base on the Antarctic Peninsula, located at 67°34′S, 68°08′W, Rothera Point, Adelaide Island.

Rothera Station is the BAS logistics centre for the Antarctic and home to well-equipped biological laboratories and facilities for a wide range of research. The station is situated on a rock and raised beach promontory at the southern extremity of Wormald Ice Piedmont, south-eastern Adelaide Island. The station has a 900 m crushed rock runway, with an associated hangar and bulk fuel storage facility, and a wharf for the discharge of cargo from supply ships. There is a transitory summer population of scientists and support staff who reach Rothera either by ship or through use of an intercontinental Dash-7 aircraft flying from the Falkland Islands. The station was made world-famous in 2007 because of its involvement in the Live Earth concert series.

Rothera station was established in 1975 to replace Adelaide station (1961-1977) where the skiway had deteriorated. From its inception until the 1991-92 summer season BAS Twin Otter aircraft used the skiway 300 m above the station on Wormald Ice Piedmont. With the commissioning of the gravel runway and hangar in 1991-92 air operations became more reliable and access to Rothera was greatly improved through a direct airlink from the Falkland Islands. The Twin Otters mainly fly south of Rothera, via a network of fuel depots, most of which are manned. Heading south of Rothera, the first stop would be Fossil Bluff, then Sky Blu. The Dash 7 will make approximately 20 flights a season to Stanley during the summer, bringing in scientists, support staff, food and equipment. When not tasked for these flights, the Dash can fly to Sky Blu in one hop, landing on the Blue Ice runway, significantly enhancing the range of the Twin Otters by depoting fuel and equipment in much larger quantities.

The opening of the Bonner Laboratory in 1996-97 marked the start of new activities in biological sciences in the Antarctic Peninsula. These included scuba diving and experiments conducted in the Bonner Laboratory throughout the year. The first Bonner Lab burned down in the winter of 2001 after an electrical fault; it was rebuilt and opened in December 2003.

Meteorological research using satellite data intercepted at the Rothera ground station also continues year round.

Fieldwork is concentrated in the summer months from November until March. Once in the field, the parties travel using skidoos and sledges for up to four months, and, being in daily HF radio communication with Rothera, they can be resupplied when necessary by air.

The station is open throughout the year with a maximum population of 130 in the summer and an average winter population of 22.]]>

San Martin Base
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-10-04 01:55:54
From pdf.comnap.aq:

The following science activities are carried out at Base San Martin:

* Glaciology - continental
* Glaciology - sea ice zone
* Meteorological observations

The San Martin Laboratory (LASAN) within the base also performs the following activities: - Ionosphere behaviour; - Atmospheric whistle study; and - Cosmic Noises Analysis. The base staff also carry out the following: - logistics and maintenance; - exploration and acknowledgement patrols; - tourism support; - maintenance of search, salvation and rescue capabilities; - logistic support to scientific activities; and - performance of National Record of People (Reg. Nacional de las Personas).]]>

Troll Airfield
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-10-04 01:41:16
From Wikipedia:

Troll airfield is a 3 km air strip located near the Norwegian Troll Antarctic research station. It was constructed on the ice shelf and opened for service February 2005 to facilitate logistics for the research in the area.

The Norwegian Polar Institute has invited 11 countries opertaing on Queen Maud Land into a cooperation on Dronning Maud Land Air Network Project (DROMLAN). Troll Airﬁeld is a part of an air network with Cape Town in South Africa and the Russian Novolazarevskaya Station further north east of Troll. Passengers are flown in from the main land and then distributed by smaller aircraft on to their final destination.

The air strip has proven popular with its users helping to cut costs on Antarctic research. C-130 Hercules, P-3 Orion and similar long range aircraft have regular flights. The runway does not limit the size of visiting aircraft. Troll airfield is only open to traffic associated with research. Commercial traffic is not served.

February 12 2005 a C-130H of the Norwegian 335 Squadron brought Queen Sonja of Norway to the Troll research station, landing at Troll airfield, making Queen Sonja the first queen to ever set foot on Antarctica]]>

Orcadas Base
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-09-29 02:34:36
From Wikipedia:

Orcadas Base is an Argentine base in Antarctica and the first permanent base in the area defined by the Antarctic Treaty System. It is located on Laurie Island, one of the South Orkney Islands (known as the Orcadas Islands to the Argentines), at 4 meters above sea level and 170 meters from the coastline. The nearest port is Ushuaia, which is 1,502 km away. The base has 11 buildings and four main topics of research: continental glaciology, seismology, sea-ice-zone glaciology (since 1985) and meteorological observations (since 1903).

In 1903 Dr William S. Bruce's Scottish National Antarctic Expedition established Osmond House, a meteorological station on Laurie Island. During the expedition, however, the crew became stuck in the ice and, unable to sail off, were trapped in the station for the winter.

Bruce left the station in December of that year for Buenos Aires to fix the ship, leaving a few men to keep continue the observations.

Since February 22, 1904, Argentina has kept a permanently populated base there, one of six Argentine permanent bases in Argentine Antarctica, and the first permanently inhabited base in Antarctica.

Orcadas was the only base on the islands for 40 years until the British established a small summer base. It also had the first radiotelegraph in the continent (in 1927). The 11 buildings of the base house up to 45 people during the summer, and an average of 14 during winter.]]>

Neumayer Station
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-09-29 02:22:23

From www.awi.de:

In 1981, the first Georg von Neumayer Station in the Antarctic was established on the Ekstrom Ice Shelf as a research observatory for geophysical, meteorological and atmospheric chemistry measurements, as well as a logistics base for summer expeditions. Georg von Neumayer, whom the station is named after, was an important patron of Germany's research activities in Antarctica. Ice movements and heavy snow deposits demanded the construction of a new station building in the early 1990s. In March 1992, the new Neumayer station was completed only ten kilometres from the original site. The station's research and observation programme has steadily expanded ever since and now includes monitoring of atmospheric ozone.

The snow-covered Neumayer Station is located on shelf ice 200 metres thick and almost completely flat. All that is visible from the distance are the towers of the station entrance, which project several metres above the snow. The shelf ice margin, destination for supply ships, is ten kilometres away. The station consists of two parallel steel tubes, each eight metres in diameter and approximately 90 metres long, which accommodate containers with living quarters, a kitchen, a mess, a hospital, various laboratories, workshops, a radio operator room, sanitary facilities, two power supply stations and a snow-melting plant.
Another transverse tube of similar length contains storage, waste and fuel containers, as well as space for vehicles. A tunnel links the main station with a special garage for all station vehicles, ranging from motor sleds to a rotary snowplough.

The station's power supply comes from diesel generators, the waste heat from which is used for the heating system and for melting snow. A 20 kW wind generator is an innovative and eco-friendly source of energy in Antarctica. When the station was being designed, the requirements laid down in the new Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty were adhered to, e.g. through the use of environmentally neutral construction materials, catalytic converters for the diesel generators and oil collecting equipment for the oil tanks. Waste is routinely collected and shipped back to Germany once a year.

Nine or at most ten people live and work at Neumayer Station during the Antarctic winter: a medical doctor who also acts as the head of the station, a meteorologist, an airchemist, two geophysicists, an engineer, an electrician, a radio operator/electronics engineer and a cook. Each team overwintering at the station stays there for 14 to 15 months. For nine months of that time, their only link to the outside world is by radio.]]>

Gabriel de Castilla Spanish Antarctic Station
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-09-28 20:25:46
From pdf.comnap.aq:

The Spanish Antarctic station Gabriel de Castilla was established in the1989/90 campaign. It is located on the SW coast of Port Foster in Deception Island. The base gives support to the scientific research in the island and it is operated by the Spanish Army.

The station has different areas: living area, with accommodation for 14 people, scientific module, medical care module, engine room and mechanical workshop, store and emergency module. During the 2000/2001 campaign the base has been modernised, specially the living and scientific areas. The modifications have not increased the capacity of the station but have improved the scientific capabilities and the environmental protection measures.]]>

Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-09-28 20:08:57
From Wikipedia:

Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of Chile and one of the most important ones in Antarctica. It's located at Fildes Peninsula, an ice-free area, in front of Fildes Bay (Maxwell Bay), west of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. It's located alongside the Escudero Station, and only 200 meters from the Russian Bellingshausen Station. Its geographical coordinates are 62°12′0″S, 58°57′51″W, and it is located at an altitude of 10 meters above sea-level. It's located at the Antarctic territory claimed by Chile (Antártica Chilena Province, Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region).

It has a 1300 meters long airstrip, with 50 intercontinental and 150 intracontinental flights each season, serving as a means of transport to many bases around.

It also includes the Villa Las Estrellas residential area that has an hospital, a school, a bank, a small supermarket, etc. The maximum population during summer is of 150 people, and the average during winter is of about 80 people.

It began to operate in 1969 as Centro Meteorológico Eduardo Frei. When the installations were expanded, it was renamed as "Base Teniente Rodolfo Marsh", with the meteorology center keeping its original name. During the 1990 decade, all of the installations came to be named Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva.]]>

Base Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (Bernardo O'Higgins Station)
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-09-28 19:38:38
From Wikipedia:

Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, also Base Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, or shortly Bernardo O'Higgins, named after Bernardo O'Higgins is the main Chilean base in Antarctica. It is located at 63°19′16″S 57°54′03″W, 13 m elevation, on the Antarctic Peninsula. It was established on February 18, 1948 and is one of the Antarctic bases with the longest times of continuous operation. The winter population is 16, and the peak population in the Antarctic summer is usually 44, although up to 60 persons can be accommodated. The base is operated by the Chilean Army. The civilian name of the site is Puerto Covadonga, the "capital" of the Chilean sector of Antarctica, which is claimed as a comuna (municipality) of Antártica Chilena Province.

The German Antarctic Receiving Station (GARS) was established at O'Higgins in 1991 by the DLR. It is a satellite ground station sited in Antarctica to enable reception of data from satellite-based sensors within the south polar region that might otherwise be lost. High bandwidth sensors such as SAR generate too much data to be stored onboard the satellite for transmission to ground stations elsewhere. GARS was sited at O'Higgins because of the geology, infrastructure and accessibility of the base.]]>

Церковь Святой Троицы (Trinity Church, Antarctica)
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-09-28 19:26:34

From Wikipedia:

: Церковь Святой Троицы) is a small Russian Orthodox church on the King George Island near Russian Bellingshausen Station in Antarctica. It is the southernmost Eastern Orthodox church in the world.

The ambitious project to establish a permanent church or even a monastery on Antarctica surfaced during the 1990s. A charity named Temple for Antarctica (Храм - Антарктиде) was approved by Patriarch Alexius II and received donations from across Russia. They organized a competition for the project that was won by architects from Barnaul P.I. Anisifirov, S.G. Rybak and A.B. Schmidt.

The church is a 15m-high wooden structure built in traditional Russian style. It can accommodate up to 30 worshippers. The structure was built out of Siberian Pine by Altay carpenters led by K.V. Khromov, then dismantled, shipped to Antarctica (by the ship Academician Vavilov) and assembled there by the staff of Bellingshausen Station. The iconostasis was created by Palekh painters. The church bells were paid for by the descendants of Sergey Muravyov-Apostol.

The church was opened on May 29, 2004, the Pentecost or Trinity day according to the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church. The church was blessed by Hieromonk Kallistrat (Romanenko), head priest of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra, who visited Antarctica for this occasion. The permanent priest of the church is Father Georgy, who has twenty years of polar experience and now lives permanently near his church. Among his tasks is praying for the souls of 64 Russian people who died in Antarctic expeditions and serving as the spiritual needs of the staff of Bellingshausen Station and other nearby stations.

Also, pictures can be seen at:

alexchmel.livejournal.com/48027.html

and

r-oc.1gb.ru/viewpage.php?cat=antarctic_continent]]>

Wilkes Station
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By: gamma
@ 2007-09-28 18:33:06
Wilkes Station was an Antarctic research station established 29 January 1957 by the United States as one of seven U.S. stations established for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) program in Antarctica. It was taken over by Australia on 7 February 1959.

Navy personnel from the United States constructed the main part of Wilkes in a period of 16 days, unloading 11,000 tons of material and supplies. It took a crew of over 100 to erect the station which housed 24 naval personnel and scientists for the next 18 months.

As this was the time of the Cold War, there was considerable concern by the United States and Australia about Russian activity in Antarctica. Wilkes was seen to be strategically located because of its proximity to the south magnetic pole.

Australia assumed custody of Wilkes, which remained the property of the U.S. State Department, in February 1959. Although Australia officially took over the operational command, the remaining US personnel did not take kindly to being under Australian control. Consequently there was a 'back down' until 1961 when the station came under exclusive ANARE control.

Wilkes had originally been built in 1957 for a two year period. By 1964 the buildings had become a fire hazard due to fuel seepage, and the station was becoming buried by snow and ice. The new station of Casey Repstat (Replacement Station) was developed on the other side of Newcomb Bay. It was commissioned in 1969 and Wilkes was closed down.

Wilkes Station is now almost permanently frozen in ice and is only occasionally revealed during a big thaw every four or five years. Many objects remain embedded in the ice, and visitors are often able to see the remains of the station through the ice.

What remains at Wilkes are a number of barracks buildings known as Clements huts, and the remnants of the semi-cylindrical canvas store buildings known as Jamesway huts. There is also a series of storage dumps and a considerable amount of rubbish resulting from 12 years of occupation, including approximately 7000 fuel and oil drums.]]>

Great Wall Station
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-09-28 18:08:56
From www.pric.gov.cn:

Great Wall Station located at King George Island, west Antarctica, is established in Feb. 1985. The station, named after the world famous Great Wall of China, is the first Chinese Antarctic base with the capability of accommodating 80 summering research personnel and 40 wintering research personnel.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39488/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39488/ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:08:56 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39488/ -62.21735600 -58.96248600 <![CDATA[Tracks in Ice]]>

Tracks in Ice
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By: gamma
@ 2007-09-28 15:32:02]]>

Tracks in Ice
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By: gamma
@ 2007-09-28 15:32:02]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39480/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39480/ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:32:02 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39480/ -68.98377000 39.64948700 <![CDATA[Large Ice Bubble]]>

Large Ice Bubble
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By: gamma
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Large Ice Bubble
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By: gamma
@ 2007-09-28 15:15:53]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39479/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39479/ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:15:53 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39479/ -72.21641300 -60.18859900 <![CDATA[White Hole]]>

White Hole
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White Hole
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By: gamma
@ 2007-09-28 14:58:38]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39477/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39477/ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:58:38 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39477/ -66.31194900 95.08822600 <![CDATA[Antarctic Research Station]]>

Antarctic Research Station
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By: gamma
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Antarctic Research Station
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By: gamma
@ 2007-09-28 14:51:15]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39476/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39476/ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:51:15 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39476/ -66.55302000 93.01044700 <![CDATA[Antarctic Research]]>

Antarctic Research
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By: gamma
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Antarctic Research
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By: gamma
@ 2007-09-28 14:48:21]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39475/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39475/ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:48:21 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39475/ -66.56398000 92.98326000 <![CDATA[Teniente Camara Antarctic Polar Station]]>

Teniente Camara Antarctic Polar Station
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-06-27 11:05:20]]>

Teniente Camara Antarctic Polar Station
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-06-27 11:05:20]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34733/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34733/ Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:05:20 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34733/ -62.59413100 -59.91961500 <![CDATA[Profesor Julio Escudero Antarctic Polar Station]]>

Profesor Julio Escudero Antarctic Polar Station
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Profesor Julio Escudero Antarctic Polar Station
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@ 2007-06-27 11:02:08]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34732/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34732/ Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:02:08 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34732/ -62.20028800 -58.96333300 <![CDATA[Iceberg]]>

Iceberg
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Iceberg
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@ 2007-06-10 15:45:34]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34276/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34276/ Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:45:34 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34276/ -64.44010300 -62.73828500 <![CDATA[Casey Antarctic Polar Station]]>

Casey Antarctic Polar Station
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-06-02 15:29:04
Casey Station is a permanent base in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) located on Vincennes Bay.

Casey is close to the now-abandoned Wilkes Station established by the United States of America to support science and exploration of Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) in 1957/8.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34073/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34073/ Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:29:04 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34073/ -66.28228300 110.52595000 <![CDATA[Russian Icebreaker off the coast of Antarctica]]>

Russian Icebreaker off the coast of Antarctica

Russian Icebreaker off the coast of Antarctica
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Near Mirny Station.]]>

Russian Icebreaker off the coast of Antarctica
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Near Mirny Station.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34072/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34072/ Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:26:21 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34072/ -66.54654700 92.96725000 <![CDATA[Mirny Antarctic Polar Station]]>

Mirny Antarctic Polar Station
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-06-02 15:24:37
Mirny (Russian: Мирный, literally Peaceful) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) science station in Antarctica, located on the Antarctic coast of the Davis Sea in the Australian Antarctic Territory.

The station was opened on February 13, 1956 by the 1st Soviet Antarctic Expedition. It is used as main base for the Vostok Station located 1,400 km from the coast. In summer, it hosts up to 169 people in 30 buildings, in winter about 60 scientists and technicians. The average temperature at the location is –11°C, and on more than 200 days per year the wind is stronger than 15 m/s, with occasional cyclones.

Main areas of research are glaciology, seismology, meteorology, observation of polar lights, cosmic radiation, and marine biology.

The next station is the Australian Davis Station, at a distance of 678 km. From 1901 to 1903 the first German Antarctic Expedition led by Erich von Drygalski passed through the Davis Sea, and Drygalski Island right off the station was named after this explorer.]]>

Molodezhnaya Antarctic Polar Station
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-06-02 15:22:12
Molodyozhnaya (Молодёжная) was a Soviet research station in Antarctica.

It was opened in February 1962. Between 1970 and 1984 numerous meteorology research sounding rockets, such as the MMR06, were launched from Molodyozhnaya . In 1989, the station was mothballed.

In the 1990s, several scientific and environmental studies were undertaken in the area to fulfill the requirements of the Protocol for the Defence of Nature in the Antarctic Treaty System, but the station wasn't reopened.

The average temperature varies from −19 °C in the coldest months (July-August), to around 0 °C in January.

In February 2006, Valeriy Lukin, the head of the Russian Antarctic Expedition (RAE), said:

There are plans to open the mothballed stations Molodyozhnaya, Leningradskaya and Russkaya in the 2007-2008 season. This will bring great benefits because these stations are located in the Pacific sector of Antarctica, which is poorly covered by scientific studies.]]>

Syowa Antarctic Polar Station
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Syowa Antarctic Polar Station
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@ 2007-06-02 15:19:37]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34069/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34069/ Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:19:37 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34069/ -69.00427800 39.58199700 <![CDATA[Antarctic Novolazarevskaya Station]]>

Antarctic Novolazarevskaya Station
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-06-02 15:15:11
Novolazarevskaya Station (Russian: Станция Новолазаревская) is a Russian, formerly Soviet, Antarctic research station. The station is located at Schirmacher Oasis, Queen Maud Land, 75 km from the Antarctic coast. It was opened on January 18, 1961 by the 6th Soviet Antarctic Expedition. The maximum summer population is 70.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34068/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34068/ Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:15:11 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34068/ -70.77663200 11.82087000 <![CDATA[Maitri Antarctic Polar Station (India)]]>

Maitri Antarctic Polar Station (India)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-06-02 15:10:49
Maitri is India's second permanent Antarctic station in Antarctica. It was built and finished in 1989, after the first station Dakshina Gangotri was buried in ice and abandoned in 1990-91. Maitri is situated on the rocky mountainous region called Schirmacher Oasis.

It has all the modern facilities to carry out research in various disciplines such as Biology, Earth Sciences, Glaciology, Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology, Cold region Engineering, Communication, Human Physiology and Medicine. It has a capacity to accommodate 25 people for winter. Fresh water supply is provided through a fresh water lake named Priyadarshini in front of Maitri. By virtue of India’s sustained interest and demonstrative capabilities in the domain of polar science, the country has achieved the following milestones.]]>