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Neumayer Station III, also known as Neumayer III after geophysicist Georg von Neumayer, is a German Antarctic research station of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI). It is located on the approximately 200 metres (660 ft) thick Ekström Ice Shelf several kilometres south of Neumayer Station II . [ 3 ]
Neumayer Station III is located at , about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away from the previous station, Neumayer II which is now abandoned and covered by a thick ice The new station ( Webcam ) is a futuristic-looking combined platform above the snow surface offering space for research, operations, and living since 2009.
Neumayer Station or Neumayer Station II was a permanent German Antarctic research base on Atka Bay.It opened in 1992, replacing the old Georg von Neumayer Station. The station became increasingly deformed by snow and ice movements after 2007 and was therefore uninhabitable. On February 20, 2
The German Neumayer Station III, finished in 2009, succeeded two former stations that were buried by snow and ice. [9] It conducts geophysical, meteorological and seismological research, as well as air chemistry measurements and atmospheric ozone monitoring. [10] Germany's other station, Kohnen, was opened as part of a major ice-drilling ...
This year-round manned station is totally covered with ice and snow (buried 10 meters under the surface) and is situated in the Weddell-Sea area (08 15W, 70 35S). The successor was the Neumayer Station II which was then abandoned itself. The only station in use now is the Neumayer Station III. Research topics are permanent observations of the ...
Icebreaker RV Polarstern in Atka Bay, serving Germany's Neumayer Station III Atka Iceport , also known as Atka Bay , is an iceport about 10 miles (16 km) long and wide, marking a more-or-less permanent indentation in the front of the Ekstrom Ice Shelf on the coast of Queen Maud Land .
Neumayer Station III helicopter crash [33] near Neumayer Station III, Antarctica 3 survivors 2012 Fire (building) 2 Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station fire [34] Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Base, Antarctica 1 minor burn injury 2018 Work accident: 2 2018 McMurdo mishap [35] McMurdo Station, Antarctica
The current Neumayer Station III is also located in the region. New Swabia is now a cartographic area of Queen Maud Land which is administered by Norway as a dependent territory under the Antarctic Treaty System by the Polar Affairs Department of the Ministry of Justice and the Police .