In the 36th Antarctic research campaign, 26 scientific projects will be developed distributed between the Spanish Antarctic bases Juan Carlos I and Gabriel de Castilla and the oceanographic research vessel Hespérides.
This Antarctic campaign involves about 230 people from the scientific community and technical staff who support the scientific projects and manage the bases and the ship. The subject of scientific projects is grouped in 3 major disciplines, Life Sciences (42%), Earth Sciences (32%) and Physical Sciences (26%), although most of them are multidisciplinary and multidisciplinary projects and some on the frontier of knowledge.
Specifically, 13 projects of the National Research and International Cooperation Plan of the State Research Agency, 4 time series, 1 opportunity project of the Ministry of Defense and volcanic surveillance services, responsibility of the National Geographic Institute (IGN) and weather forecasting by the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET). In addition, 8 research projects from other Antarctic programmes (Portugal, Chile, Canada, Germany and Colombia) will be supported. Finally, two media outlets have been selected to participate in this campaign.
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