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Faraday Station

Vernadsky Research Base
Антарктична станція Академік Вернадський
Antarctic base
Vernadsky Station research base in January 2014
Vernadsky Station research base in January 2014
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Location within Antarctica
Location within Antarctica
Vernadsky Research Base
Location within Antarctica
Coordinates: 65°14′44″S 64°15′29″W / 65.24556°S 64.25806°W / -65.24556; -64.25806Coordinates: 65°14′44″S 64°15′29″W / 65.24556°S 64.25806°W / -65.24556; -64.25806
Country  Ukraine
Islands of Antarctica Wilhelm Archipelago, Argentine Islands
Region Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula
Location Galindez Island
Established 1947 (by the United Kingdom)
Founded February 1996 (1996-02)
Named for Vladimir Vernadsky
Government
 • Type Directorate
 • Body National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine
Population 12
Time zone ART (UTC-3)
Type All year-round
Period Annual
Status Active and operational
Website uac.gov.ua

The Vernadsky Research Base (Ukrainian: Академік Вернадський) is a Ukrainian Antarctic Station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica. It is named after Soviet and Ukrainian mineralogist Vladimir Vernadsky.

The station was established by the British Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey as Base F, or "Argentine Islands", on Winter Island in 1947.

The main hut, built on the site of an earlier British Graham Land Expedition hut, was named "Wordie House" after Sir James Wordie, a member of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition who visited during its construction.

Wordie House has been restored and is designated as Historic Site and Monument No. 62. The base moved to the present site on adjacent Galindez Island in May 1954 where the main building was named "Coronation House".

The base was renamed Faraday Station in August 1977 in honour of British scientist Michael Faraday.

Ukraine took over the operation of the base in February 1996, which was sold by the UK for a symbolic one pound. The cost of disassembling the base with good environmental practices and standards would be too costly. The National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine continues a programme of meteorology, upper atmospheric physics, geomagnetism, ozone, seismology, glaciology, ecology, biology and physiology research.


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