Aboa1988 Almirante Brown Antarctic Base
1951 Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
1957 Artigas Base
1984 Asuka Station
1985 Belgrano II Base
1979 Bellingshausen Station
1968 Bernardo O'Higgins Station
1948 Bharati
2012 Byrd Station
1957 Captain Arturo Prat Base
1947 Casey Station
1957
Comandante Ferraz Base
1984 Concordia Station
2005 Dakshin Gangotri
1984 Davis Station
1957 Dome Fuji
1995 Dumont d'Urville Base
1956 Base Presidente Montalva
1969 Esperanza Base
1975 Gabriel de Castilla Station
1989 Gonzalez Videla Station
1951 Great Wall Station1985
Halley Research Station
1956 Henryk Arctowski Station
1977 Jang Bogo Station
2014 Jinnah Antarctic Station
1991 Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base
1988 Jubany
1953 King Sejong Station
1988 Kohnen Station
2001 Kunlun Station
2009 Law-Racoviţă Station
1986 Leningradskaya Station
1971 Machu Picchu Research Station
1989
Maitri Station
1989 Maldonado Base
1990 Marambio Base
1969 Mario Zucchelli Station
1986 Mawson Station
1954 McMurdo Station
1956 Mendel Polar Station
2006 Mirny Station1956
1997 Mizuho Station
1970 Molodyozhnaya Station
1962 Neumayer Station
1992 Neumayer-Station III
2009
Novolazarevskaya Station
1961 Orcadas Base
1904 Pakistan national antarctic station
2012 Palmer Station
1968 Princess Elisabeth Base
2007 Professor Julio Escudero Base
1994 Progress Station
1988 Rothera Research Station
1975 Russkaya Station
1980 San Martín Base
1951 SANAE IV St. Kliment Ohridski Base
1988
Scott Base
1957 Showa Station
1957 Signy Research Station
1947 Siple Station
1973 Svea Research Station
1988 Tor Station
1993 Troll Station
1990 WAIS Divide Camp
2005 Wasa Research Station
Vostok Station 1989
1957 Zhongshan (Sun Yat-Sen) Station
Vernadsky Research Base 1989 1994 A E RON OM Y _Th e
polar regions have been called Earth's window to outer space. With the discovery of polar stratospheric ozone d e - pletions, a window previously thought "closed" (the ultraviolet window) is now known to "open" in certain seasons.
Current research focuses on stratospheric chemistry, aerosols, and
the vital role played by ozone. ASTROPHYSICS_Antarctica is an
a s - tronomer's dream come true. The Amundsen-Scott South Pole
Station is arguably one of the best places on earth to study the stars. Observers there take advantage of the unique characteristics of the South Pole to study the
e v o l u t i o n and structure of the Universe. BIOLOGY_Conditions on the frozen Antarctic surface are so harsh that few life forms survive year-round above the ice. Of particular interest to biologists,
the McMurdo Dry Valleys represent a region where life approaches its environmental limits.
While below the surface and along the coast, ocean ecosystems teem with life that is rich, complex, and abundant. GEOLOGY_Much of the story of Antarctica is written beneath the ice, in the rocks that make up about 9 percent of Earth's continental crust. Geologic evidence indicates that at one time the continent had a temperate climate and was part of an ancient, considerably larger land mass, known as Gondwanaland. GLACIOLOGY_An ice sheet covers all but 2.4 per cent of Antarctica's 14 million square kilometers. This ice contains 70 percent of all the world's fresh water. In order to predict the ice sheet's future behavior and its effect on global climate, glaciologists must have a thorough understanding of
its history, current state, internal dynamics. METEOROLOGY_The weather systems that constantly circle Antarctica drive storms across the Southern Ocean and beyond, while the seasonal formation and melting of sea ice has an important effect on the world's weather.
Antarctic stations collect daily meteorological observations and broadcast them to surround- ing countries to help in weather forecasting. OCEANOGRAPHY_The Antarctic Convergence divides the cold southern water masses from the warmer northern waters,
creating the world's largest current flowing at an average speed of half a knot eastward a r o u n d the continent. In addition, sea ice forms
outward up to 1500 kilometers from the continent every winter. Oceanographic studies focus on these two interrelated phenomena and their effects on both marine ecosystems and Earth's climate patterns.
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ANTARCTIC NOMADISM
Una capsula errante per la sopravvivenza antartica Edoardo Allievi
Francesco Camanzi Alessandro Consonni
Relatore: prof. Matteo Umberto Poli Anno accademico 2011/2012 TAVOLA 2 - Antarctic Research Stations