King Sejong Station

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The King Sejong Station (62°13′S, 58°47′W) is a research station for the Korea Antarctic Research Program, and it is named after King Sejong the Great of Joseon. Established on February 17th, 1988, it consists of 11 facility buildings and two observatories, and it is located on the Barton Peninsula (King George Island). It experiences a fairly mild climate, and therefore draws a large number of animals for summer breeding (which, unsurprisingly, draw a lot of biologists). In the summer, the station supports up to 90 people from the Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute, and guest scientists from other institutions as well. Over winter, it accommodates only 17 engineers and scientists who maintain the station and routinely collect data (meteorological records, oceanographical parameters, etc.), but their main focus is on tracking the general change of the natural environment. Researchers from Korea continually collaborate with various other institutes in Antarctica and the rest of the world by participating in, monitoring, and contributing to the World Meteorological Organization, the Global Sea-level Observing System, the International Seismological Center, and the Intermagnet Project[1].

The primary research that is conducted at the King Sejong Station[2]:

• Environmental monitoring
• Geodesy/mapping
• Geomagnetic observations (since 1989)
• Glaciology - sea ice zone (since 1998)
• Ionospheric/auroral observations (since 1989)
• Lower/upper atmospheric science
• Meteorological observations
• Oceanography
• Offshore marine biology
• Onshore geology/geophysics
• Seismology
• Stratospheric ozone monitoring (since 1998)
• Terrestrial biology
• Tide measurement

[edit] References

1. ^ The Korean name means Sejong Science Base literally. Its shorten name is Sejong Giji (literally, Sejong Base).
   

   King Sejong Station
   Hangul 세종기지 Hanja 世宗基地 Revised Romanization Sejong Giji McCune-Reischauer Sejong Kiji

   
   

1. http://www.kopri.re.kr/English_Web/index.aspx
2. http://pdf.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/StationsByName/KRking