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fantastic..........what is the wisdom behind operating a research programme on ice wih regard to PAF
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No, very few countries have a permanent base; Pak is not one of them. It requires a lot of resources to keep it going.We're the only Muslim country with an Antarctic base, right?
2 Norway.
That piece of land your station is on (Queen Maud's Land) belongs to us.
Leave it to Norwegians to claim the one place on Earth that's colder then actual Norway.
No, very few countries have a permanent base; Pak is not one of them. It requires a lot of resources to keep it going.
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We're the only Muslim country with an Antarctic base, right?
Yes - manned year around. Have a look at the link i had provided. This is the second station as first one got buried. It is just brutal living there. one friend who did a rotation was fed up and went out for a walk in -35c and he was back in no time as darkness is virtual 0 visibility.Is claimed by Norway*
By permanent I believe you mean manned year round? Because JAS is a permanent base but manned seasonally. In 2010 the government did approve the expansion of JAS into a year round lead operational base. Don't know how far along has the work gotten till now.
Have a look at the link i had provided. This is the second station as first one got buried.
It is just brutal living there. one friend who did a rotation was fed up and went out for a walk in -35c and he was back in no time as darkness is virtual 0 visibility.
>> We do not have base any base outside Pakistan.
Pakistan Antarctic Programme
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pakistan Antarctic Programme (PAP) is a scientific administrative division of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) which represents the Government of Pakistan on the continent of Antarctica. The program coordinates scientific research and operational support in the region. The program is funded by the Pakistan Science Foundation and the Ministry of Science and Technology.[1]
Currently, the PAP maintains and controls two polar stations in the region: the Jinnah Antarctic Station (JNS), and the Polar Research Cell (PRC), which was established by the National Institute of Oceanography to co-ordinate all Antarctic related activities.[2]
The Antarctic Programme was launched by the National Institute of Oceanography, with the full support of Pakistan Navy's Naval Weapons Engineering Division (NWED). In 1991, Prime minister Nawaz Sharif established the programme under the direction of the Navy. On 15 June 1992, Pakistan became an Associate Member of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, but did not accede to the Antarctic Treaty due to economic reasons.[3]
In January 1991, Pakistan dispatched its first expedition to Greater Antarctica under the auspices of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO).[4] As the programme was led by the Navy, the PN dispatched a small group of Pakistan Marines, along with the team of scientists on board the destroyer PNS Tariq and the research vessel PNS Behr Paima. Facilities were quickly established in the region, and Jinnah Antarctic Station (JNS) was commissioned. The station houses an unmanned automatic Weather Station, from which data are transmitted to Pakistan via Argos Satellite System.[5] In 2001, the Badr-B was connected to the Weather Station after it was launched by SUPARCO. In 2006, Pakistan established the National Institute of Oceanography's Polar Research Cell (PRC).
A number of national organisations are involved in Antarctic activities and are active participants in the Pakistan Antarctic Programme.[6]
Both stations' data are transmitted to Pakistan via the Badr-B Satellite. However, the new Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite System was launched in late 2011 to replace the Badr satellite system program.
he was saying -35 is warm, -60 it can get down to; my good friend who studied with me was down there to test robots for mars pathfinder mission said it is insane - he was my class mate and went on to lead the mission. My first collegue who was a geologist; our govt dept pays your 2 yr salary in advance of your mission - on the way back they went by the island of Tristan D'cuna - he was glad to see people after that ordeal.I did, it's very cool. Do you have any info on the average and lowest year round temps for the bases? I downloaded the php weather file but can't run it. Wiki doesn't give anything either.
I understand their plight, at least somewhat. Here the temp has already dropped below -30C twice this year and tomorrow morning is again expected to be -31C. The year before last year we had below -40C for about a week.There have been winter days here when it was colder than at the Arctic, the city's record is -50C. But of course we can't in no way compare living here to there. I'm pretty sure the temps fall way below -35C regularly at those bases plus living down in the Antarctic comes with a lot more than just the temps. Cant question the brutality of it; spending 15 months straight with 10 months in complete isolation and 6 months without the Sun. Nothing but respect for those guys.
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But it's right, only recently Turkey joined this club: