Soviet Antarctic Expedition 4368628 222616888 2008-06-30T08:01:43Z Paukrus 921253 /* References */ [[Image:Russian South Pole Traverse.jpg|thumb|right|270px|The [[Fourth Soviet Antarctic Expedition]] used three large [[tractor]]s and four [[sledge]]s on the journey from [[Vostok Station|Vostok]] to the [[South Pole]]]] The '''Soviet Antarctic Expedition''' ('''SAE''' or '''SovAE''') ({{lang-ru|''Советская Антарктическая Экспедиция'', ''САЭ''}}) was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Scientific Research Institute of the [[Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research]] of the [[Academy of Sciences of the USSR]]. The [[Soviet Union]]'s [[Ministry of Sea Transport]] was responsible for the administration, logistics and supply of the expeditions. The first Soviet contact with [[Antarctica]] was in 1946 when Soviet [[whaling]] [[ship]]s were whaling in [[Southern Ocean|Antarctic waters]]. ==Stations== <!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:Geophysics house at molodozhnoy.jpg|thumb|right|270px|A building for [[geophysics]] at the [[Molodezhnaya Station (Antarctica)|Molodyozhnaya Station]].]] -->The first Soviet Antarctic station, ''[[Mirny Station|Mirny]]'' was established near the [[coast]] on 13 [[February 1956]]. This was added to in [[December 1957]] by another station, ''Vostok'' built inland near the south [[geomagnetic]] pole. ===Year-round stations=== * [[Mirny Station|Mirny]] (established [[February 13]], [[1956]]) * [[Vostok Station|Vostok]] (established [[December 16]], [[1957]]) * [[Novolazarevskaya Station|Novolazarevskaya]] (established [[January 18]], [[1961]]) * [[Molodezhnaya Station (Antarctica)|Molodyozhnaya]] (established [[January 14]], [[1963]]) * [[Bellingshausen Station|Bellingshausen]] (established 22 [[February 1968]]) * [[Leningradskaya Station|Leningradskaya]] (established 25 [[February 1971]]) * [[Russkaya Station|Russkaya]] (established 9 [[March 1980]]) * [[Progress Station|Progress]] (established 1 [[April 1988]]) ===Summer stations=== *[[Komsomolskaya (research station)|Komsomolskaya]] (established [[November 6]], [[1957]]) *[[Pionerskaya Station|Pionerskaya]] (established [[May 27]], [[1956]]) *[[Druzhnaya I]] (on the [[Filchner Ice Shelf]] in the [[Weddell Sea]]) *[[Druzhnaya II]] (on the Weddell Sea) [[Image:Soviet Research in Antarctica 10 years USSR stamp block.png|thumb|320px|10 Years of Soviet Research in Antarctica, 1966 [[USSR]] [[postage stamp block|stamp block]]]] ===IGY stations=== List of stations in use during the [[International Geophysical Year]]. *[[Sovetskaya (Antarctic Research Station)|Sovetskaya]] *[[Pole of inaccessibility (Antarctic research station)|Pole of inaccessibility station]] ==Expeditions== {{Main|List of Antarctic expeditions by the Soviet Union}} The Soviet Union engaged in expeditions to Antarctica from 1955 to its [[Collapse of the Soviet Union|collapse]]. After this, the Soviet Antarctic stations were taken over by [[Russia]]. ==See also== * [[List of Antarctic expeditions]] * [[Soviet and Russian manned drifting ice stations]] ==References== * Boczek, B. A. "The Soviet Union and the Antarctic Regime" in ''The American Journal of International Law'', Vol. 78, No. 4 (Oct., 1984), pp. 834-858 [[Category:Exploration of Antarctica]] [[Category:Soviet Antarctic expeditions]] [[Category:Scientific expeditions]] [[fr:Expédition antarctique soviétique]] [[ro:Expediţia Antarctică Sovietică]] [[tg:Экспедитсияи Антарктикии Шурави]] [[ru:Советская Антарктическая экспедиция]]