Zucchelli Station

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Zucchelli Station is an Italian seasonal research station in Antarctica, located at Terra Nova Bay on a granitic headland along the coast of the Northern Foothills to the north-east of Gerlache Inlet. It has been named after Mario Zucchelli, director of the activities, which conducted for sixteen years, for the ENEA-Unità Tecnica Antartide as part of the National Antarctic Research Program (PNRA).[1]

The main functions carried out by the Station are:

  • logistic support to scientific personnel operating in remote fields
  • logistical and operational support to the oceanographic ship
  • support to research activities with laboratories and instrumentation
  • support to personnel and material in transit for Concordia Station
  • support to air operations

Description

The Zucchelli Station is a seasonal (from mid-October until mid-March)[2] research Antarctic Station on the Terra Nova Bay located at an altitude of Script error: No such module "convert". and covers an area of approximately 7,500 square meters. In 2010, the Station was enlarged and in the austral summer the traverse leave for Concordia Station operated jointly with France.[3]

Main building

The main building was built in 1985, in the first seasonal expedition, on a steel structure Script error: No such module "convert". from the ground and consist of 82 containers, 42 of which used for the personnel accommodation and services while the remaining 40 to the support activities as:

  • operations room situated on the top of the building, like a control tower, looking over the base
  • communications room, adjacent to the operation room to facilitate the HF radio and the satellite radio transmissions
  • calculation room which give informatics support and data transmission,
  • offices,
  • laboratories (chemistry, biology, geology, electronics),
  • cafeteria,
  • kitchen,
  • emergency,
  • infirmary,
  • laundry.

Technical plants

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  • aquarium
  • boat storage
  • carpentry
  • co-generation system for the exploitation of the thermal energy produced by the power plant
  • deposit for vehicles
  • desalination plant
  • diving chamber
  • electrical and mechanical workshop
  • fuel storage
  • helipads
  • incinerator plant
  • materials warehouse
  • nitrogen and helium liquefiers
  • power and thermal energy plant (four diesel generators)
  • shredder and compactor plant
  • wastewater treatment plant

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Research activity

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  • cosmic ray observations
  • geodesy
  • geomagnetic observations
  • glaciology
  • ionospheric/auroral observations
  • meteorological observations
  • oceanography
  • offshore marine biology
  • onshore geology
  • seismology and environmental monitoring
  • terrestrial biology

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Icaro Camp

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Transportation

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Safair L100-30 leased by PNRA at Christchurch Airport in-between missions to Zucchelli Station

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Boulder Clay Runway

Boulder Clay Runway (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) is located about Script error: No such module "convert". south of Zucchelli Station on the Northern Foothills; the construction started in the 2016–17 season and will be completed in the 2021–22. The Italian team usually use an Ice Runway in the Gerlache Inlet to start the summer campaign but in recent years the ice runway was closed earlier then before because of the ice thickness had diminished due to partial melting of the ice. The airstrip is situated on the Boulder Clay Moraine and is built with the least environmental impact as possible. It is a gravel runway Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". wide in order to be suitable to the Safair or Aeronautica Militare C-130J[5] or other larger types, such as the C-17 Globemaster, Airbus A319-115LR and Boeing 757. The airfield will be completed with a taxiway which connect the apron with the runway, an apron for aircraft parking and operational tasks, capable of stationing two C-130 Hercules, fire service as ICAO standards, fuel deposit, terminal and shed for the personnel, operation room and a power unit.[6] The reduced thickness of the ice in the Ross Sea did not allowed to the heavier C-130J Hercules of the Italian Air Force to land on the sea ice runway. On 22 November 2022 at 4.30 CET a C-130J landed for the first time on the prepared gravel runway. Boulder Clay Runway will become an international hub as it can be utilised by the other nearby research stations.[7]

Enigma Lake Skiway

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Zucchelli Ice Runway

Zucchelli Ice Runway is located in the Gerlache Inlet and is prepared, at the beginning of each season, by the station's logistic personnel in mid-October. The sea ice runway is suitable for operating the Aeronautica Militare or Safair wheeled C-130, but in the latest years it was closed earlier than before because the sea ice break up.[9] Two runways are prepared, one is the 03/21 which is Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". wide used by the C-130, the other is the 06/24 which is shorter measuring Script error: No such module "convert". in length and Script error: No such module "convert". in width utilised by the Twin Otters and the Basler BT-67.[10]

Climate

AWS Network

The Antarctic Meteo-Climatological Weather Observatory, established in 1985, attempt to a give a contribution to understand the climate change through the study of the atmospheric dynamics. The programme is defined by two projects supported by the National Antarctic Research Program (PNRA), one regarding the Victoria Land and the other the Concordia Station, carried out by the ENEA personnel. The centre run an Automatic weather station network, distributed through the territory, having the responsibility of the instrumentation assembly, the maintenance and the data collection. The network include 16 AW stations operating all year around: Template:Col div

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See also

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References

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