9. National Antarctica Science Expedition, under the auspices of the Presidency, under the Ministry of Industry and Technology, TUBITAK MAM Pole Research Institute continues.
Turkish scientists came to Horseshoe Island and started to work at the Turkish Scientific Research Camp here.
Betanzos ship with the Chilean flag carrying scientists, starting from King George Island, about 5 days later, anchored off the Gulf of Lystad.
The team reached the Turkish Scientific Research Camp with boats to start working in hard storms and snowy weather conditions. Afterwards, the science team of 20 people, withdrawing the Turkish flag, read the National Anthem.
9. National Antarctic Science Expedition leader Prof.Dr. Dr. Hasan Hakan Yavaşoğlu, “Horseshoe Island every year, we read our National Anthem every year, we start by pulling our flag by pulling the camp this year we read our camp and read our National Anthem, we pulled our flag.” he said.
19 projects will be executed
Yavaşoğlu, this year on the island and at the sea will be carried out a total of 19 projects, 20 people in the team of 16 Turks, 4 foreign scientists said, “Antarctica’s climatic change, understanding of the mechanisms offered in the earth sciences, tectonic mechanisms, isostatic changes, deformations, deformations, We advance all of the studies such as examining living things and recording new species for our projects this year. ” He said.
Yavaşoğlu said that the projects contain live, life, physical and earth sciences and said, “We collect the parameters that will offer many of the works that can be carried out in this area in the southernmost part of our man and Antarctica through our Meteorological Station, GNSS stations and global sunbathing stations.” he said.
Yavaşoğlu, Cruise Hydrography Occupation Office Department continues to produce sea maps by underlining, “At the same time to be taken from the sea, the examples to be taken from the bentic region. This year, I can say that we will perform many projects with scattered works all over the island,” he said.
AFAD first joined the Antarctic Science Expel for the first time
Geological Engineer Turgay Kuru, Emphasizing that the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) took part in the 9th National Antarctica Science Expedition (AFAD) for the first time, said: We also established a new temporary earthquake observation station. ” He said.
Kuru, “the general geology of the region has been examined by other researchers, although seismic activities, observations in the sense of the number of stations in the sense of deficiencies in the first place we have brought an earthquake device to the region. To observe the region with more sensitive devices in order to be monitored sustainable We plan. ” evaluated.
Measures have been taken for the protection of flora and fauna on Horseshoe Island
Bird flu, defined in the 1960s and shows continuously changing, leads to fatal outbreaks from time to time. The last epidemic began in the Northern Hemisphere with the H5N1 strain in the late 2020, causing a large number of birds to death. The risk of spreading in Antarctica with the fact that the disease reached the Southern Hemisphere as a result of the natural migration of birds came up.
For this reason, a high -pathogenic bird flu protocol was prepared by the Department of Underwater Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine in Istanbul Faculty of Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine for scientists who will work on the white continent.
In this context, scientists disinfected their boots and clothes with special solutions in order to protect the flora and fauna of Antarctica when they landed and came back from the ship to the ship.
In addition, within the scope of this protocol, researchers working with close contact with living things used masks, gloves, glasses and protective dress.
