Maitri is India's second permanent research station in Antarctica. It was built and finished in 1989, after the first station Dakshina Gangotri was buried in ice and abandoned in 1990-91^[1]. Maitri is situated on the rocky mountainous region called Schirmacher Oasis. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Lyskamm, 4 527 m, Pennine Alps A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ...

Facilities

The station has modern facilities to carry out research in various disciplines, such as biology, earth sciences, glaciology, atmospheric sciences, meteorology, cold region engineering, communication, human physiology and medicine. It has a capacity to accommodate 25 people for winter. Fresh water is provided through a fresh water lake named Lake Priyadarshini, in front of Maitri. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Earth science (also known as geoscience or the geosciences), is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. ... Lateral moraine on a glacier joining the Gorner Glacier, Zermatt, Switzerland. ... View of Jupiters active atmosphere, including the Great Red Spot. ... Satellite image of Hurricane Hugo with a polar low visible at the top of the image. ... Communication is a process that allows beings - in particular humans - to exchange information by several methods. ... Human Physiology is the science of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of humans in good health, their organs, and the cells of which they are composed. ... medicines, see Medication. ...

Milestones

By virtue of India’s sustained interest and demonstrative capabilities in the domain of polar science, the country has achieved the following milestones:

• 19 August 1983: India was admitted to the Antarctic Treaty and soon thereafter obtained Consultative Status.
• 1983: The permanent station Dakshin Gangotri was built, where the first Wintering was conducted.
• 1 October 1984: India was admitted as a member of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).
• 1986: India became a member of Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).
• 1988-1989: India built its second indigenous station ‘Maitri’.
• 1997: India ratified the Environment Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty, thus upholding its commitment to preserve the pristine continent.
• 2005: India completed its first 25 years in Antarctica and launched an expedition in Dec 2005 called the Silver Jubilee Indian Antarctic Expedition.

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Expeditions

The chapter of Indian Antarctic Programme opened in 1981 when the first Indian Expedition was flagged off for Antarctica from Goa. Subsequently, annual Antarctic expeditions are being sent through Department of Ocean Development / National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research. So far, twenty-one such expeditions have been launched including one to the Weddell Sea and one being the krill expedition to the Southern Ocean. S.Z. Quasim was the leader of the first Indian Expedition, which was launched in December 1981. Indias Antarctic Programme opened in 1981 when the first Indian Expedition was flagged off for Antarctica from Goa. ... , Goa   (Konkani: गोंय goṃya; Marathi: govā; Portuguese: ) is Indias smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population. ... The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean. ... Families Euphausiidae Euphausia Dana, 1852 Meganyctiphanes Holt and W. M. Tattersall, 1905 Nematobrachion Calman, 1905 Nematoscelis G. O. Sars, 1883 Nyctiphanes G. O. Sars, 1883 Pseudeuphausia Hansen, 1910 Stylocheiron G. O. Sars, 1883 Tessarabrachion Hansen, 1911 Thysanoessa Brandt, 1851 Thysanopoda Latreille, 1831 Bentheuphausiidae Bentheuphausia amblyops Krill are shrimp-like marine...

External link

• National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research (NCAOR) of the Department of Ocean Development of Government of India

References

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