Estación Polar Científica Conjunta Glaciar Unión

Union Glacier
Antarctic base
President Piñera inaugurating the base in 2014.
Location of Union Glacier in Antarctica
Union Glacier
Location of Union Glacier in Antarctica
Coordinates: 79°46′05″S 83°15′42″W / 79.768036°S 83.261666°W / -79.768036; -83.261666
Country  Chile
Location in Antarctica Union Glacier
Ellsworth Mountains
Ellsworth Land
Antarctica
Administered by Chilean Antarctic Institute
Established 2014 (2014)
Type Seasonal
Status Operational

The Estación Polar Científica Conjunta Glaciar Unión (Joint Scientific Polar Station "Union Glacier") or Union Glacier Station is a summer antarctic base of Chile situated in the Union Glacier, in the Ellsworth mountains. It is operated by the Chilean Antarctic Institute and the three armed forces of Chile joint, from November to January. It was inaugurated in 4 January 2014 by the president Sebastián Piñera Echeñique.[1]

There moved the polar stations of Teniente Arturo Parodi Alister and Antonio Huneeus, after the transfer in November 2010 of the operations of the private american company Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions LLC that operates the aerial track on the Union Glacier since December 2008 and the Union Glacier Camp.[2]

This base together with the American base Amundsen-Scott and the Chinese base Kunlun, are the nearer active bases to the South Pole, the chilean one is 1080 km of distance from the South Pole.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Artículo de La Tercera
  2. ↑ Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions


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