King Sejong Station
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The King Sejong Station (62°13′S 58°47′W) is a research station for the Korea Antarctic Research Program, and it is named after King Sejong the Great of Joseon. Established on February 17th, 1988, it consists of 11 facility buildings and two observatories, and it is located on the Barton Peninsula
(King George Island). It experiences a fairly mild climate, and therefore draws a large number of animals for summer breeding (which, unsurprisingly, draw a lot of biologists). In the summer, the station supports up to 90 people from the Korea Polar Research Institute, and guest scientists from other institutions as well. Over winter, it accommodates only 17 engineers and scientists who maintain the station and routinely collect data (meteorological records, oceanographical parameters, etc.), but their main focus is on tracking the general change of the natural environment. Researchers from Korea continually collaborate with various other institutes in Antarctica and the rest of the world by participating in, monitoring, and contributing to the World Meteorological Organization
, the Global Sea-level Observing System, the International Seismological Center, and the Intermagnet
Project.
The primary research that is conducted at the King Sejong Stationhttp://pdf.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/StationsByName/KRking:
The station is usually re-supplied yearly by the RV Onnuri
and more frequently by planes flying from Jubany in Argentine and the Chilean Eduardo Frei Base.
The RV Araon
was commissioned in 2009, and she is planned to supply South Korea's research stations, including the proposed Jang Bogo Station
.
Barton Peninsula
Barton Peninsula is a small peninsula separating Marian Cove and Potter Cove at the southwest end of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 for Colin M. Barton, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey geologist who worked in...
(King George Island). It experiences a fairly mild climate, and therefore draws a large number of animals for summer breeding (which, unsurprisingly, draw a lot of biologists). In the summer, the station supports up to 90 people from the Korea Polar Research Institute, and guest scientists from other institutions as well. Over winter, it accommodates only 17 engineers and scientists who maintain the station and routinely collect data (meteorological records, oceanographical parameters, etc.), but their main focus is on tracking the general change of the natural environment. Researchers from Korea continually collaborate with various other institutes in Antarctica and the rest of the world by participating in, monitoring, and contributing to the World Meteorological Organization
World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 189 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization , which was founded in 1873...
, the Global Sea-level Observing System, the International Seismological Center, and the Intermagnet
Intermagnet
Intermagnet is a global network of observatories, monitoring the Earth's magnetic field.- Participating Countries :Intermagnet now has Geomagnetic Information Nodes in 5 continents....
Project.
The primary research that is conducted at the King Sejong Stationhttp://pdf.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/StationsByName/KRking:
- Environmental monitoring
- GeodesyGeodesyGeodesy , also named geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space. Geodesists also study geodynamical phenomena such as crustal...
/mapMapA map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes....
ping - Geomagnetic observations (since 1989)
- GlaciologyGlaciologyGlaciology Glaciology Glaciology (from Middle French dialect (Franco-Provençal): glace, "ice"; or Latin: glacies, "frost, ice"; and Greek: λόγος, logos, "speech" lit...
- sea ice zone (since 1998) - Ionospheric/auroral observations (since 1989)
- Lower/upper atmospheric science
- MeteorologicalMeteorologyMeteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere. Studies in the field stretch back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not occur until the 18th century. The 19th century saw breakthroughs occur after observing networks developed across several countries...
observations - OceanographyOceanographyOceanography , also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean...
- Offshore marine biologyMarine biologyMarine biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather...
- Onshore geologyGeologyGeology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...
/geophysicsGeophysicsGeophysics is the physics of the Earth and its environment in space; also the study of the Earth using quantitative physical methods. The term geophysics sometimes refers only to the geological applications: Earth's shape; its gravitational and magnetic fields; its internal structure and... - SeismologySeismologySeismology is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies. The field also includes studies of earthquake effects, such as tsunamis as well as diverse seismic sources such as volcanic, tectonic, oceanic,...
- Stratospheric ozone monitoringOzoneOzone , or trioxygen, is a triatomic molecule, consisting of three oxygen atoms. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic allotrope...
(since 1998) - Terrestrial biologyBiologyBiology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
- Tide measurementTideTides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the moon and the sun and the rotation of the Earth....
The station is usually re-supplied yearly by the RV Onnuri
RV Onnuri
The RV Onnuri is one of the Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute 's research vessels. She was built in Bergen, Norway in 1991 by Mjellem & Karlsen Verft AS and designed Skipsteknisk AS. She has been used to supply Korea's Antarctic research station as well as undertaking oceanographic...
and more frequently by planes flying from Jubany in Argentine and the Chilean Eduardo Frei Base.
The RV Araon
RV Araon
The RV Araon is a large icebreaker operated by the Government of South Korea.The vessel was commissioned in 2009.She supplies the King Sejong Station, and will supply the Jang Bogo Station, South Korea's second planned Antarctic research station....
was commissioned in 2009, and she is planned to supply South Korea's research stations, including the proposed Jang Bogo Station
Jang Bogo Station
The Jang Bogo Station in Terra Nova Bay in the Antarctic is a proposed South Korean research station to be built in 2012. The base will house 15 people in winter and 60 in summer in a 4000 square metre building with three wings, and will be among the larger permanent bases in Antarctica.The base,...
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