The planned Turkish Antarctic Research Station (pictured) is to be built in the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula on Horseshoe Island. Between 24 and 50 people are to be accommodated in the station, which is to operate all year round. The graphic shows the...
UPDATE 25/01/21: Another five stations that were in the immediate danger zone have also been evacuated, Chilean authorities report. The emergency agency also reported that the tsunami warning and notice to evacuate went out to all of Chile’s citizens by mistake....
UPDATE: According to an announcement from the Chilean Army’s V Army Division, Magellan Region, and published by various Chilean news portals, personnel from Chilean Station Bernardo O’Higgins were evacuated to Punta Arenas already before December 20 and...
A model of the drift ice station “Severny Polyus” in the exhibition. (Photo: Roshydromet) Russia’s ice-breaking research station should have been ready to drift over Arctic waters as early as 2020. Construction of the 84-metre-long and...
Dark clouds hang over the national Antarctic programs because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to protect the station staff, the programmes were reduced to basic operation. Pictured is Australia’s Casey Station. Photo: Todor Iovolvski / AAD As early as early...
