Vernadsky Research Base is a Ukrainian Station at Marina Point on Galindez Island, in Antarctica.
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The base was established as "Faraday Station" by the British in 1947; later it moved to the present site on Galindez Island in May 1954.
Ukraine took over the operation of the base in February 1996.
The price was symbolic: just one pound !
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Upstairs are a lounge, library, dining room, gift store and kitchen. The research team os granted some confort and space.
The docking building
The original coin now decorates the station lounge:
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The Ukrainian Antarctic Center continues a programme of meteorology, upper atmospheric physics, geomagnetism, ozone, seismology, glaciology, ecology, biology and physiology research.
The discovery of the ozone hole was made at that very location.
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