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Station
Camp
Shelter
Laboratory
Station
Camp
Shelter
Laboratory

Background

Sitry

Antarctic

Closed

Camp

Italy

None

2000

January; February; November; December

Introduction

Sitry, ENEA

Refueling point on the Antarctic Plateau in between Mario Zucchelli Station and Dumont d'Urville. This facility is closed and it is planned to remove everything from this site.

Experience has shown that in this area the sastrugi grow fast and large, for this reason it is not easy to keep operating a skiway here. This refueling point will be moved to Talos Dome.

Operator

ENEA-UTA

Government

ENEA

Data Source

0000-00-00

Partner Institution

No

Location

CO1405

71° 39' 10.4'' S

149° 39' 28'' E

Continental Antarctica

Q - East Antarctic high interior ice sheet

7 East Antarctica

1600

Ice-sheet

Climate

None

Inland Antarctica

Snow

21

87

S

22/11/2001 to 31/01/2010

-32

-21

-30

-40

-45

-51

-48

-47

-43

-44

-41

-29

-21

31/12/2005

-5

24/08/2008

-64

None

None

None

None

Features

Clear air zone; Low artificial light pollution; Plateau; Snow; Sastrugi

Disciplines

Atmospheric chemistry and physics; Atmospheric sciences; Climatology; Glaciology

Human Activities

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Infrastructure

CO1405

40

0

None

40

8

No

No

Fossil fuel

220

No

Staff Capacity

Scientific Equipment

Medical Facilities

No

0

Yes

Vehicles

Pisten Bully 270

Workshop facilities

Other

portable tools

Communications

No data

Access

No data

Aircraft landing facilities

1

800

30

It is a skiway, but now it is closed because covered by large sastrugi.

Snow

No

Transport and freight

0

None

0

Access To The Facility

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