Molodezhnaya Antarctic Polar Station

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.