Dome Fuji Station

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Dome Fuji Station is a Japanese inland Antarctic research base located on the high polar plateau, known for deep ice core drilling and climate studies in one of the coldest places on Earth.

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instanceOf Antarctic research station
inland Antarctic base
accessMethod overland traverse from coastal Japanese stations
associatedProgram Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) NERFINISHED
climate polar ice cap climate
continent Antarctica
country Japan
distanceFromCoast over 1000 kilometres from the Antarctic coast
elevation about 12,500 feet above sea level
about 3810 metres above sea level
environment extremely low humidity
very low wind speeds compared to coastal Antarctica
established 1995
firstOperationalSeason 1995–1996 austral summer
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System
iceCoreDepth over 3000 metres
iceCoreSignificance reconstruction of past climate over several hundred thousand years
infrastructure fuel storage
laboratory facilities
main station building
power plant building
knownAs Dome F Station NERFINISHED
Dome Fuji Base NERFINISHED
locatedAt Dome Fuji NERFINISHED
locatedOn Antarctic Plateau NERFINISHED
locationType high polar plateau
logisticalSupportFrom Syowa Station NERFINISHED
minimumRecordedTemperature below −80 °C
notableFor atmospheric science research
deep ice core drilling
glaciology research
paleoclimate research
operator National Institute of Polar Research (Japan) NERFINISHED
powerSource diesel generators
primaryResearchField atmospheric physics
climate change studies
ice core analysis
snow and ice chemistry
reopened 2003
researchContribution astronomical site testing for infrared and submillimetre observations
data for validation of climate models
high-resolution records of greenhouse gases in ancient air bubbles
studies of Antarctic ice sheet dynamics
status summer-only station
temperatureRecord one of the coldest permanently monitored places on Earth
timeZone UTC+0 (nominal, varies by operator practice)
winterOverCapability limited or none in most years

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East Antarctica contains Dome Fuji Station