Antarctic field camps

Many Antarctic research stations support satellite field camps which are, in general, seasonal camps. The type of field camp can vary – some are permanent structures used during the annual Antarctic summer, whereas others are little more than tents used to support short term activities. Field camps are used for many things, from logistics (Sky Blu) to dedicated scientific research (WAIS Divide Field Camp).

List

Field camp	Location	Country	Established	Activities	Status	Serving	Coordinates	Time zone
AGAP South Field Camp
Beardmore South Field Camp
Blue Fields Camp
Byrd Surface Camp
Borchgrevink's Hut	Cape Adare	Norway	1899		Abandoned ASPA #159	N/A	71°18′S 170°12′E / 71.300°S 170.200°E	UTC+12
Cámara Base	Half Moon Island, Livingston Island	Argentina	1953		Seasonal	N/A	62°35′41″S 59°55′8″W / 62.59472°S 59.91889°W	UTC−4
Cape Hallett Field Camp
Camp Academia	Livingston Island	Bulgaria	2004		Seasonal	St. Kliment Ohridski Base	62°38′41.9″S 60°10′18.3″W / 62.644972°S 60.171750°W	UTC−4
Camp Byers	Livingston Island	Spain			Seasonal	Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base	62°39′46″S 61°6′0″W / 62.66278°S 61.10000°W	UTC−4
Camp Livingston	Livingston Island	Argentina			Seasonal		62°39′22″S 61°0′39″W / 62.65611°S 61.01083°W	UTC−4
Cape Royds	Ross Island	UK	1908	Nimrod Expedition	Abandoned ASPA #157	N/A	77°33′S 166°10′E / 77.550°S 166.167°E	UTC+12
Darwin Glacier Field Camp
Discovery Hut	Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island	UK	1911	Discovery Expedition	Abandoned, 1917 ASPA #158	N/A	77°50′45″S 166°38′31.6″W / 77.84583°S 166.642111°W
Ford Range Field Camp
Fossil Bluff	Alexander Island	UK	1961	Logistics Facility	Seasonal	Rothera station	71°20′0″S 68°17′0″W / 71.33333°S 68.28333°W	UTC−5
Framheim	Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf	Norway	1911	Amundsen's South Pole expedition	Abandoned, 1912	N/A
Lake Hoare Field Camp
Lower Erebus Hut	Ross Island	United States	1992	Monitoring Mt. Erebus		McMurdo Station	77°30′37.6″S 167°8′45.83″E / 77.510444°S 167.1460639°E	UTC+12
Mid-Point Charlie
Ocean Camp	Weddell Sea Ice Shelf	UK	1915	Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition	Abandoned, 1915
Patience Camp	Weddell Sea Ice Shelf	UK	1915	Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition	Abandoned, 1916
Patriot Hills Base Camp	Ellsworth Mountains	United States	1987	Private camp with Blue ice runway	Seasonal	Various	80°19′0″S 81°16′0″W / 80.31667°S 81.26667°W	UTC−5
Peggotty Camp	Peggotty Bluff, South Georgia	UK	1916	Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition	Abandoned	N/A	54°9′0″S 37°17′0″W / 54.15000°S 37.28333°W	UTC−2
Polheim	South Pole	Norway	1911	Amundsen's South Pole expedition	Abandoned	N/A	90°S 0°E / 90°S 0°E
Reedy Glacier Field Camp
Safety Camp
Scott's Hut	Ross Island	UK	1911	Terra Nova Expedition, Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition	Abandoned, 1917 ASPA #155	N/A	77°38′0″S 166°24′0″E / 77.63333°S 166.40000°E	UTC+12
Sky Blu	Ellsworth Land	UK	1993	Logistics Facility	Seasonal	Rothera station	74°51′0″S 71°34′0″W / 74.85000°S 71.56667°W	UTC−5
Shirreff Base	Livingston Island	Chile United States	1991		Seasonal		62°28′13.5″S 60°46′15″W / 62.470417°S 60.77083°W	UTC−4
South Ice	Edith Ronne Land	UK	1957	IGY overwinter	Abandoned	N/A	82°05′S 30°00′W / 82.083°S 30.000°W	UTC−2
Station P	Livingston Island	UK	1957	Survey, geology, biology	Abandoned	N/A	62°38′57.5″S 60°35′25″W / 62.649306°S 60.59028°W	UTC−4
Talos Dome Camp
Union Glacier Camp	Ellsworth Mountains	United States	2010	Private camp with Blue ice runway	Seasonal	Various	82°51′0″S 79°45′0″W / 82.85000°S 79.75000°W	UTC−5
WAIS Divide Field Camp	West Antarctic Ice Sheet	United States	2005	Collect deep ice core	Seasonal	McMurdo Station

Antarctic field camps. Clockwise: Patriot Hills, Academia, Fossil Bluff, Sky Blu, Erebus, Scott's Hut, Lower Erebus, Casanovas.

See also

• Research stations in Antarctica
• Demographics of Antarctica
• List of Antarctic expeditions
• Transport in Antarctica

External links

• COMNAP Antarctic Facilities (Archived April 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.)
• COMNAP Antarctic Facilities Map (Archived September 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.)