• 9964432222
  • Mail Us
  • Appointment
  • Locate Us
  • Chat Now
  • Courses
  • Login
  • Register
Manifest IAS
JournalsOfIndia
Manifest Learning Academy
  • Home
  • SNIPPETSfor Prelims
  • ARTICLESfor Mains
  • BROWSEBY SOURCE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • SNIPPETSfor Prelims
  • ARTICLESfor Mains
  • BROWSEBY SOURCE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result
JournalsOfIndia
No Result
View All Result
Home Geography

India’s Antarctic Missions/Programme

July 30, 2020
in Environment, Geography
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
520
VIEWS
Share on WhatsAppShare on TelegramShare on Facebook
image_pdfMake PDF

What is Indian Antarctic Programme?

  • It is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional program under the control of the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences.
  • It was initiated in 1981 with the first Indian expedition to Antarctica with a selected team of 21 members under the leadership of Dr S Z Qasim, Secretary of Department of Environment and former Director of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) with the aim of conducting scientific research in the frozen continent.
  • The program gained global acceptance with India’s signing of the Antarctic Treaty(1959) and subsequent construction of the Dakshin Gangotri Antarctic research base in 1983, superseded by the Maitri base from 1989.
  • The newest base commissioned in 2012 is Bharati, constructed out of 134 shipping containers.
  • Under the program, atmospheric, biological, earth, chemical, and medical sciences are studied by India

Indian Research stations in Antarctic

Dakshin Gangotri

  • The first Indian scientific research base station was established(with the help of Indian Army) in 1983-84 in Antarctica as part of the third Antarctic programme
  • Location: South Pole
  • This was the first time an Indian team spent a winter in Antarctica to carry out scientific work
  • In 1989, it was excavated and is being used again as a supply base and transit camp

Maitri

  • In the year 1988an ice-free, rocky area on the Schirmacher Oasis was selected to build the second research station named Maitri
  • The building was erected on steel stilts, and has stood the test of time — conducting experiments in geology, geography and medicine
  • India built this station close to a freshwater lake around Maitri known as Lake Priyadarshini.
  • Maitri accomplished the mission of geomorphologic mapping of Schirmacher Oasis.

Bharati

  • About 3000 km east of Maitri, the new Indian research base ‘Bharati’ is located between Thala Fjord & Quilty bay, east of Stornes Peninsula in Antarctica
  • The station with a very small footprint was commissioned on 18 March 2012 to facilitate year-round scientific research activity by the Indian Antarctic program.
  • Bharati made India an elite member of the club of 9 nations that have multiple stations in the region

 

 

image_pdfMake PDF
Tags: Prelims

Related Posts

Great apes

Great apes

April 29, 2023
Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate Change

Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate Change

April 27, 2023
Zero Shadow Day

Zero Shadow Day

April 26, 2023
Piezometers

Piezometers

April 25, 2023
Kerala first state to adopt Water Budget

Kerala first state to adopt Water Budget

April 24, 2023
First Census of Water Bodies

First Census of Water Bodies

April 24, 2023
State of the Global Climate report by WMO

State of the Global Climate report by WMO

April 22, 2023
The Coalition of Coastal Cities to Combat Marine Litter

The Coalition of Coastal Cities to Combat Marine Litter

April 21, 2023
The Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM)

The Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM)

April 20, 2023
Supercritical carbon dioxide(SCD)

Supercritical carbon dioxide(SCD)

April 20, 2023
Please login to join discussion
JournalsOfIndia

Our vision is to orient the readers to grasp the facts objectively and analyse critically. In the rush of reaching first to the readers, the websites miss the balanced opinion, which is the need of the hour. We aim to reach the readers with more crispness, preciseness and relevance. We bring the articles in UPSC way for the civil services aspirants and the Wisest Way for general readers.

Categories

  • Agriculture
  • Disaster Management
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Ethics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Geography
  • Governance
  • History
  • Law & Policy
  • Opinion
  • People in News
  • Places in News
  • Science & Tech
  • Security
  • Society
  • Sports
  • Uncategorized

Browse by Tag

AIR All India Radio BBC Business Line Business Standard dow Down to Earth DownToEarth DTE Economic Times ET FAO Financial Express GS-1 GS-2 GS-3 GS-4 Hindustan Times IE India & the world Indian express Indiatoday India today Kurukshetra Livelihoods portal LiveMint Mains News Newspaper News Paper PIB Prelims PRS India RSTV Science Reporter Survey The Hindu The India Express The Indian Express The Print the wire Times of India TOI TOPPERS Yojana

Newsletter

The most important UPSC news and events of the day.

Get Journals daily newsletter on your inbox.

© 2020 JournalsOfIndia - A free initiative by Manifest Team.

  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Home
  • SNIPPETS
  • ARTICLES
  • BROWSE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result

© 2020 JournalsOfIndia - A free initiative by Manifest Team.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In