This edition of the Antarctic research campaign involves the uninterrupted development of 35 years of scientific research projects on the frozen continent.
More than 26 Spanish scientific projects and other international collaboration activities are planned in this campaign, one of the most ambitious in recent years by bringing together nearly 300 participants among scientific, technical, staffing and crew; and covering disciplines as diverse as glacier dynamics, geomorphology, seismic, volcanology, biometeorization of rocks, geodesy, aerosols or penguin ecology.
Specifically, on board the ship Sarmiento de Gamboa, a marine geophysics project will be developed; while in the BIO Hespérides, which will be incorporated into the campaign on January 18, a project in marine geology and another on atmospheric chemical pollutants will be developed. Both bases and ships will be supported by the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) for weather forecasting and the National Geographic Institute for volcanic surveillance.
The 26 planned projects include four historical research series in Antarctica that have been collecting data in the databases for more than 25 years and that provide data to international networks, for example, of frozen soils and seismic movements.
The Spanish bases will also provide logistical support for the development of a dozen international projects with countries such as Canada, Italy, United Kingdom, Portugal, Colombia and Bulgaria. Two of the Spanish projects will also work at the Artigas base (Uruguay) and King Sejong (South Korea).
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