Two helicopters were used to unload and transport the supplies from the vessel to the “Bharati” station. (Photo: FESCO) This Antarctic season, the diesel-electric Vasily Golovnin has not only supplied its own stations. The ship left Cape Town at the end of...
Maitri was built between 1988 and 1989 for a period of ten years and is an important station that allows scientists to collect geological, meteorological and geophysical data. (Photo: UBA / H. Germhandt) Currently, India has two operational research stations in...
The “Vasiliy Golovnin” is a Russian icebreaking cargo ship built in the Soviet Union in 1988. The ship is chartered by various nations to supply their Antarctic stations from FESCO. (Photo: FESCO) FESCO Transportation Group has signed a new five-year...
The novel moss species was found earlier in the southern summer of 2016-17, but was not recognized as a new plant species until it had been sufficiently tested. (Photo: Felix Bast) A team of Indian scientists has discovered a new species of moss at Bharati Station in...
