Ellsworth Station
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Ellsworth Station Estación Científica Ellsworth Estación Ellsworth Base Ellsworth |
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| Ellsworth Scientific Station | |
A U.S. Navy de Havilland Canada UC-1 Otter of Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6) in flight over a large opern crevasse near Ellsworth Station, Antarctica, in 1958
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 Ellsworth Station
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| Coordinates: 77°39′S 41°02′W / 77.650°S 41.033°WCoordinates: 77°39′S 41°02′W / 77.650°S 41.033°W | |
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 Argentina
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| Province | Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands Province |
| Department | Antártida Argentina |
| Region | Filchner Ice Shelf |
| Location | Gould Bay |
| Founded | January 18, 1957 (1956–57 austral summer season) |
| Evacuated | December 30, 1962 |
| Named for | Lincoln Ellsworth |
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| • Type | Directorate |
| • Body | Dirección Nacional del Antártico |
| • Operator | Instituto Antártico Argentino |
| Elevation | 42 m (138 ft) |
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| Time zone | ART (UTC-3) |
| Type | All year-round (1957–1962) |
| Period | Annual |
| Status | Abandoned since 1962 over safety concerns. Remains presumed lost in Southern Ocean |
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Ellsworth Scientific Station (Spanish: Estación Científica Ellsworth, or simply Estación Ellsworth or Base Ellsworth) was a permanent, all year-round originally American, then Argentine Antarctic scientific research station named after American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth. It was located on Gould Bay, on the Filchner Ice Shelf.
It was shut down in 1962 over safety concerns due to it being built on increasingly unstable ice, which produced fast deterioration of its superstructures and endangered both personnel and equipment.
Ellsworth Station was built by United States Navy personnel under the command of Captain Finn Ronne, with the support of the icebreakers USS Staten Island and USS Wyandot, captained by Francis Gambacorta. The originally planned site for the station was Cape Adams, but when the terrain proved impractical due to huge ice cliffs, an alternate location on Gould Bay was selected, on the western coast of the Weddell Sea over the Filchner Ice Shelf, and close to the Argentine Belgrano I Base.
Part of the scheduled agenda for the International Geophysical Year, Ellsworth was commissioned on 11 February 1957 and less than a year later, on 17 January 1959, was handed over to the Argentine Antarctic Institute. With the handover, the United States government gave all the buildings, facilities, and existing food supplies whilst Argentina provided the logistical and administrative services necessary for the continued operation of the station. It was agreed that scientists of both countries would work together at the place in technical studies and scientific research.
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