Molodyozhnaya Station (Antarctica)
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Molodyozhnaya Station
Молодёжная | |
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Location of Molodyozhnaya Station in Antarctica | |
Coordinates: 67°39′57″S 45°50′28″E / 67.6659°S 45.841143°E | |
Country | Soviet Union Russia |
Location in Antarctica | Thala Hills East Antarctica |
Administered by | Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute |
Established | February 1962 reopened 2006 |
Closed | 26 December 1990 |
Elevation | 40 m (130 ft) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Summer | 15 |
• Winter | 0 |
Type | All-year round |
Period | Annual |
Status | Closed and reopened as seasonally |
Activities | List
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Website | www.aari.nw.ru |
Molodyozhnaya (Russian: Молодёжная, "Youth") (also known as "Molodezhnaya") was a Soviet, then Russian research station in East Antarctica at 67°40′S 45°50′E. After being mothballed in 1990, it was reopened in 2006 to operate on a seasonal basis.[2][3] In Russian, the station is sometimes referred to as the capital of Antarctica.[unreliable source?][4][5]
Location
Molodyozhnaya Station is located in the
History
The site was opened in February 1962, and used as a launch site for
Funding for meteorological research became scarce during the late 1980s, as the Soviet Union was collapsing. Launches of the M-100 abruptly ended in 1990, and the station was mothballed. In the 1990s, several scientific and environmental studies were undertaken in the area to fulfill the requirements of the Protocol for the Defence of Nature in the Antarctic Treaty System, but the station wasn't reopened.
In February 2006, Valeriy Lukin, the head of the Russian Antarctic Expedition (RAE), said:
There are plans to open the mothballed stations Molodyozhnaya, Leningradskaya and Russkaya in the 2007-2008 season. This will bring great benefits because these stations are located in the Pacific section of Antarctica, which is poorly covered by scientific studies.
Since 2006, it has operated on a seasonal basis.[2][3] When open during the Antarctic summer there is occasional amateur radio operation by station personnel.
Climate
The average temperature varies from −19
Climate data for Molodyozhnaya Station (1963–1999) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.4 (36.3) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
−15.2 (4.6) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−16.2 (2.8) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
−18.8 (−1.8) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.7 (25.3) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−17.3 (0.9) |
−19.3 (−2.7) |
−20.8 (−5.4) |
−22.4 (−8.3) |
−21.3 (−6.3) |
−17.2 (1.0) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7.2 (0.28) |
18.5 (0.73) |
51.9 (2.04) |
71.0 (2.80) |
66.6 (2.62) |
52.2 (2.06) |
60.2 (2.37) |
58.4 (2.30) |
48.0 (1.89) |
38.6 (1.52) |
24.8 (0.98) |
8.2 (0.32) |
505.6 (19.91) |
Average relative humidity (%)
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63.7 | 63.4 | 68.8 | 69.7 | 68.4 | 66.4 | 68.3 | 70.4 | 69.5 | 68.2 | 65.2 | 64.3 | 67.2 |
Source: Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute[9] |
See also
Molodyozhnaya Ice Runway | |||||||||||
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Coordinates | 67°40′58″S 46°08′05″E / 67.682833°S 46.134667°E | ||||||||||
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Runways | |||||||||||
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- History of Antarctica
- List of Antarctic expeditions
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- List of Antarctic field camps
- Airports in Antarctica
- Soviet Antarctic Expedition
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-473-40409-3. Archived(PDF) from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ a b Беларусь в Антарктике. Зачем стране собственная полярная станция и какой она будет? | 42.TUT.BY
- ^ a b Вести.Ru: Вести с Молодежной: в Антарктиде внутри камней найдена жизнь
- ^ Capital of Antarctica
- ^ What is the name the capital of Antarctica?
- ^ Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI): Molodezhnaya station
- ^ Encyclopedia Astronautica: Molodezhnaya
- ^ Encyclopedia Astronautica: MMR-06 Archived 2014-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Molodyozhnaya Station (89542)". Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ^ "Molodyozhnaya". Airport Nav Finder. Retrieved October 16, 2018.