Question

Name the research station of India in Antarctica.

Answer 1

Hint: A research station is a facility designed specifically to undertake scientific study.
In the western portion of Schirmacher Oasis, the Dakshin Gangotri glacier can be found. This Oasis is located on the Princess Astrid Coast of East Antarctica, more than 2000 kilometres north of the geographic South Pole. The second Indian research base is located in this Oasis.

Complete answer:
As part of the Indian Antarctic Programme, Maitri, also known as Friendship Research Center, is India's second permanent research station in Antarctica. Mrs Indira Gandhi, India's then-prime minister, recommended the name. The station has cutting-edge research facilities for biology, earth sciences, glaciology, atmospheric sciences, meteorology, cold region engineering, communication, human physiology, and medicine, among other fields. In the winter, it can seat up to 25 people.

Dakshin Gangotri, part of the Indian Antarctic Programme, was India's first research base station in Antarctica. At a distance of 2,500 kilometres from the South Pole, it is the most southerly point on the planet. It serves as a supply depot and a transit camp at the moment. Dakshin Gangotri Glacier is the name of the base.

Thus, Maitri and Dakshin Gangotri are the two research stations of India in Antarctica.

Note: With the first Indian expedition to Antarctica in 1981, the Indian Antarctic Program was born. With India's signature of the Antarctic Treaty and the subsequent construction of the Dakshin Gangotri Antarctic research outpost in 1983, the programme acquired international acceptance before being overtaken by the Maitri base in 1989.