Dirck Gerritsz Laboratory

Dirck Gerritsz Laboratory is located at Rothera Research Station, run by the British Antarctic Survey, Adelaide Island, Western Antarctic Peninsula.

Officially opened January 2013, four flexible high tech mobile labs built in standard ISO 20 feet high cube containers. All four housed in a specially designed docking station. 1. A dry lab suitable for the use of a wide range of analytical instruments (e.g. flow cytometry) that need to be run at room temperature (15-22 °C). 2. A dry lab suitable for culturing using a cabinet with plasma lamps that provide the daylight spectrum. The temperature in this container is kept between 0 °C and 22 °C. 3. A wet lab suitable for processing water samples and biological rate measurements at the temperature of the sample of interest. The temperature in this container is kept between 2 °C and 15 °C. 4. A clean room laboratory suitable for trace metal research. It is equipped with special filters in the air-processing system to ensure that the air entering the container is completely particle free. The temperature in this container can be controlled between 5 °C and 20 °C.

See Rothera Research Station Information.

In cooperation with the British Antarctic Survey that supports the Netherlands Polar Programme at Rothera Research Station