Wasa
Wasa, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
Location
Dronning Maud Land. The station is co-located together with the Finnish station Aboa at the Mount Basen. The distance between Wasa and Aboa is about 200 meters. Together, the two stations form the Nordenskiöld Base Camp. The stations cooperate both in research and logistics. Distance to nearest year round Station (Neumayer III) is about 500 km.
History
Both Wasa and Aboa were built at the same time, no previous facilities at this location.
Research
Wasa is a small facility without permanent staff. The station is personned and opened when there is Swedish expedition activity in this area. The fields of science varie to a high degree from expedition to expedition.
Biodiversity
Mount Basen is a small Antarctic Nunatak completely surrounded by ice.
Human Presence
No other human activity in a radius of about 500 km.
Climate
Scientific Facilities
Services
Please contact Swedish Polar Research Secretariat.
Access
Expeditions to Wasa is usally travelling by air from Cape Town to Antarctica. The local transportation from Antarctic landing site (Novo runway or Troll runway) to Basen is carried out by a smaller chartered Aircraft on skis.
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