Peru_2025_Carrasco_V02

Voyage Schedule:

Departure from port in Punta Arenas (Chile) to ECAMP (Antarctica): 10 January 2025

Departure from ECAMP (Antarctica) to port in Ushuaia (Argentina): 9 February 2025

Arrival at port in Ushuaia (Argentina): 12 February 2025 (End of scientific campaign)

Departure from Ushuaia (Argentina) to Valparaíso (Chile): 16 February 2025

Arrival at port in Valparaíso (Chile): 22 February 2025

Departure from Valparaíso (Chile) to port of Callao (Peru): 26 February 2025

Arrival at port of Callao (Peru): 4 March 2025

Associated Aircraft Details:

A Bell Helicopter will be permanently at ECAMP from 29 November 2024 to 27 January 2025. The BAP Carrasco does not have a helicopter.

High Profile Activities:

The Peruvian Antarctic Programme will be conducting the following scientific projects:

1. Contribution and dispersion of trace elements from hydrothermal emissions in the Bransfield Strait: implications for the primary productivity of the Southern Ocean.
2. Characterisation of the southern glacier ecosystem of the Andes and Antarctica using radioactive tracers of tritium and radon for climate change assessment.
3. Exploratory Expedition with Terrestrial-Aerial-Aquatic Robots for the Digitalisation and Recurrent Characterisation of the Antarctic Ecosystem.
4. Study of the Pelagic Ecosystem in the Bransfield Strait and around the Pilot Pardo Islands.
5. Environmental Study in Mackellar Cove, Admiralty Bay, and the Bransfield Strait during the ANTAR XXIX expedition.
6. Study of ocean circulation around the South Shetland Islands and Elephant Island and its connection to the Peruvian coast and the El Niño and La Niña phenomena.
7. Study of meteorological variables for forecasting in Admiralty Bay on King George Island.
8. Characterisation of the glacier and lacustrine-marine ecosystem in the Cordillera Blanca and King George Island in the context of climate change.
9. Metagenomic analysis of the bacterial resistome from various matrices around ECAMP, Mackellar Cove, and Admiralty Bay.
10. Environmental management assessment of the Machu Picchu Antarctic Scientific Station (ECAMP).
11. Diversity of top predators and characterisation of their habitat preferences around the Machu Picchu Antarctic Scientific Station.
12. Study of the importance of sleep quality and its relation to expeditionary tasks in Antarctica ANTAR XXXI.
13. Paleoceanographic reconstruction in fjords located on King George Island, Antarctica, over the last millennium and its relation to glaciological modelling.
14. Effect of the Antarctic environment on the oral and nutritional health of the personnel at the Machu Picchu Antarctic Scientific Station (ECAMP).
15. Identification of atmospheric aerosol transport in two national interest snow sites (Antarctica and the Andes).
16. Presence of microorganisms of veterinary and zoonotic importance in the water and soil of Mackellar Cove (South Shetland Islands - Antarctica).
17. Multi-omics analysis (metagenomics and metatranscriptomics) of the krill (Euphausia superba) gut microbiome and seawater in two Antarctic zones to assess anthropogenic impact.
18. Gene mining of the krill (Euphausia superba) gut microbiome and seawater in two Antarctic zones for the exploration of enzymes and bioactive secondary metabolites with biotechnological potential.

Voyage Contacts:

The head of the Machu Picchu Antarctic Scientific Station (ECAMP) is Major James Flores of the Peruvian Army, email: Jifloresv@ejercito.mil.pe