ARGENTINE ANTARCTIC STATIONS
Our country has at present 6 stations operating permanently in the Argentine Antarctic Sector, as follows:
- Orcadas Station
- Marambio Station
- Carlini Station (former Jubany)
- Esperanza Station
- San Martín Station
- Belgrano II Station
And 7 stations operating temporarily. They are:
- Brown Station
- Matienzo Station
- Primavera Station
- Cámara Station
- Melchior Station
- Petrel Station
- Decepción Station
| CLASS
| NAME
| COORDINATES
| OPENING DATE
|
| Permanent
| Belgrano II
| 77º51'S 34º33'W
| 5 de Febrero de 1979
|
| Permanent
| Esperanza
| 63º24'S 56º59'W
| 17 de Diciembre de 1952
|
| Permanent
| Carlini
| 62º14'S 58º40'W
| 21 de Noviembre de 1953
|
| Permanent
| Marambio
| 64º14'S 56º38'W
| 29 de Octubre de 1969
|
| Permanent
| Orcadas
| 60º44'S 44º44'W
| 22 de Febrero de 1904
|
| Permanent
| San Martin
| 68º08'S 67º06'W
| 21 de Marzo de 1951
|
| Temporal
| Brown
| 64º52'S 62º54'W
| 6 de abril de 1951
|
| Temporal
| Camara
| 62º36'S 59º54'W
| 1 de Abril de 1953
|
| Temporal
| Decepción
| 62º59'S 60º43W
| 25 de Enero de 1948
|
| Temporal
| Matienzo
| 64º58'S 60º08'W
| 15 de Marzo de 1961
|
| Temporal
| Melchior
| 64º20'S 62º59'W
| 31 de Marzo de 1947
|
| Temporal
| Petrel
| 63º28'S 56º12'W
| Diciembre 1952
|
| Temporal
| Primavera
| 64º09'S 60º58'W
| 8 de Marzo de 1977
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There are two moments in Antarctic constructions. First houses, storehouses, shelters, power plants, and cold-storage plants, were made in wood until 1960.
At present wood has been replaced by double-wall plastic panels, which facilitate the assembly of modulus mounted between them, and air is used as insulant, by filling them with expanded polyurethane.
They are also reforced with tensile steel wire. The new technique is to close houses, stations or shelters at 360º.
During summer months, stations and shelters are open to carry out scientific research plans. These stations are so-called transitory.
Argentine Antarctic Stations Map (52 K)
There are also scientific camps, set up at transitory stations and having the aim of carrying out scientific tasks scheduled by annual plans, e.g.: historic monuments maintenance, soil, sea water and ice sample collection, population census of fauna and meteorological information.
All these data, taken annually, provide a series of publications sent to the international Antarctic scientific community, and observing one of the provisions of the Antarctic Treaty.
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