French Antarctic base Dumont d’Urville, Terre Adélie. Image: Thibaut Vergoz / French Polar Institute Last summer, the scientific stations operating on the east coast of Antarctica, both French and Australian, passed the cross inspection test, an Antarctic Treaty...
Water is supplied to the individual buildings in high Arctic places like Ny Ålesund through pipes that run above ground due to the permafrost. The pipes need to be massively insulated and often are heated to prevent the water from freezing. (Archive photo: Michael...
The Argentine research station, Base Primavera, on the Antarctic Peninsula. (Photo: Shaun Brooks) By Shaun Brooks, CSIRO Scientific research in Antarctica has played a key role in many important discoveries of the past century. But it has also come at a considerable...
The operation of Antarctic stations was greatly reduced last season to prevent the introduction of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Only a few research teams and station personnel were present in the stations. This year, they’re looking to change that. Picture: Michael...
” Kia Ora” at the new Scott Base, New Zealand’s Antarctic Station. The station is intended to provide employees and researchers with a comfortable and safe home in Antarctica, while providing also environmental safety for the Antarctic environment....