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An aerial view of the Indian Station Maitri on 25 February 2005. The Indian Antarctic Programme is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional programme under the control of the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India.
The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) is an Indian research and development institution, situated in Vasco da Gama, Goa. [4] It is an autonomous institution of the Department of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India which is responsible for administering the Indian Antarctic Programme and maintains the Indian government's Antarctic research stations, Bharati ...
It is India's third Antarctic research facility and one of two active Indian research stations, alongside Maitri. India's first committed research facility, Dakshin Gangotri, is being used as a supply base. India has demarcated an area beside Larsemann Hills at 69°S, 76°E for construction. The research station has been operational since 18 ...
An aerial view of the Indian Station Maitri, Antarctica on 2 February 2005 The station has modern facilities for research in various disciplines, such as biology , earth sciences , glaciology , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , cold region engineering, communication , human physiology , and medicine .
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India's signing of the Antarctic Treaty System Antarctic Treaty in 1981 began the Indian Antarctic Program (under the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research). [9] [10] [11] Along with structural geologist Sudipta Sengupta, Aditi Pant was the first Indian woman to set foot on Antarctica.
Dakshin Gangotri was the first scientific base station of India situated in Antarctica, part of the Indian Antarctic Programme. It is located at a distance of 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) from the South Pole . [ 1 ]
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