Komsomolskaya_(research_station)

Komsomolskaya (Antarctic research station)

Komsomolskaya (Antarctic research station)

Antarctic research station in Queen Mary Land

For other uses, see Komsomolsky (disambiguation).

Komsomolskaya was a Soviet Antarctic inland research station founded in 1957 in Queen Mary Land,[1] in eastern Antarctica. It was a year-round station till 1959, then used as a seasonal outpost till 1962 when it was shut down permanently. Nonetheless it is still used as a fuel storage stop for supply caravans en route from Mirny Station to Vostok Station.[2]

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The station was located 3,500 metres (11,500 ft) above sea level, and 760 kilometres (470 mi) inland from Mirny Station.[citation needed]

Estonian writer Juhan Smuul spent a week in Komsomolskaya in 1958 and described the life and working there in his book Antarctica Ahoy!: The Ice Book, originally published in 1960 as Jäine raamat.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Soviet Antarctic expedition". Elsevier. 1965. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  2. [2]
    "The Unesco Courier, Volume 15". UNESCO. 1962. p. vi.


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