VUFF-0099 MAITRI ANTARCTIC BASE STATION
of India
VU3BPZ /AT10BP OM Bhagwati Prasad Semwal, Communications Officer, Antarctica
(WAP IND-03) activated this VUFF-0099 from
20 November 2009 to 28
feb 2011 .
Maitri is India's second permanent research station in Antarctica as
part of the Indian Antarctic Programme.
Maitri is situated in the rocky mountainous
region called Schirmacher Oasis. It is only 5 km away
from the Russian Novolazarevskaya Station. Location
of Maitri Station in Antarctica. coordinates:
70°46′00″S
11°43′53″E
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The station has modern facilities to research in various
disciplines, such as biology, earth
sciences, glaciology, atmospheric
sciences, meteorology, cold region engineering, communication,
human physiology, and medicine. It
can accommodate 25 people for winter. Freshwater is provided through a
freshwater lake named Lake Priyadarshini, in front of Maitri. National Centre for Polar and Ocean
Research, plans the activities of Maitri Base.
Unfortunately, the log could not be uploaded as logs and QSLs for this operation was managed by the great WAP enthusiast OM Gianni Varetto of Italy
All those who worked VU3BPZ, AT10BP may claim the VUFF award, by sending data to VU2UR for the issue of Award, as WWFF log search, is not having the logs.
