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ANNUAL SCAR REPORT ON
NATIONAL ANTARCTIC SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
1 JULY 2002 TO 30 JUNE 2003
AND PLANNED NEW PROGRAMMES
Member Country: Russia
National SCAR Committee
| Title: | Russian National Committee on Antarctic Research |
| Address: | Russian National Committee on Antarctic Research Staromonetny per. 29 Moscow 109017 Russia |
| Telephone: | +7 095 959 0032 |
| Fax: | +7 095 959 0033 |
| Email: | igras@igras.glonet.ru |
| Name | Address | ||
| Chairman/President | V M Kotlyakov | 1 | |
| Secretary | |||
| Representatives to SCAR | Name | Address | |
| Permanent Delegate | V M Kotlyakov | 1 | |
| Alternate Delegate | M Yu Moskalevsky | 1 | |
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Representatives to SCAR Scientific |
Name | Address | |
| Geosciences | G L Leitchenkov | 2 | |
| Life Sciences | I A Melnikov | 3 | |
| Physical Sciences | A V Klepikov | 4 | |
| National Operating Agency | Russian National Operating Agency | ||
| Address: | Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute Ul. Beringa 38 199226 St Petersburg Russia |
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| Telephone: | +7 812 352 1541 , +7 812 352 2930 | ||
| Fax: | +7 812 352 2827, +7 812 352 2930 | ||
| Email: | lukin@raexp.spb.su | ||
| Director | V V Lukin | ||
| COMNAP Representative | V A Martystschenko | 5 | |
| V V Lukin | 4 | ||
| SCALOP Representative | V D Kolkov | 4 | |
| Wintering Stations | ||
| Name | Location | Coordinates |
| Mirny | Queen Mary Land | 66°33'S, 93°01'E |
| Vostok (till March 2003) | Central Antarctica | 78°28'S, 106°48'E |
| Novolazarevskaya | Schirmacher Oasis | 70°46'S, 11°50'E |
| Bellingshausen | King George Island | 62°12'S, 58°58'W |
| Summer only Stations | ||
| Name | Location | Coordinates |
| Molodezhnaya | Enderby Land | 67°40'S. 45°51'E |
| Progress | Larsemann HIlls | 69°23'S, 76°23'E |
| Automatic Recording Stations/Observatories | ||
| Name/Identifier | Coordinates | Parameters Recorded |
| None | ||
Member Country: Russia
National Programmes/Scientific Standing Groups
| Geosciences | |||||
| Subject | Investigation | Locality | Duration | Principal Investigator |
Address no. |
| Sea ice observations | Satellite images |
Mirny, Novolazrevskaya, |
Ongoing | Yu D Bychenkov | 4 |
| Coastal hyrological observations | Water temperature, current, speed and direction | Mirny and Progress Stations | Season | V L Kuznetsov | 4 |
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Vostok lake tides (Russia-Germany Joint Project) |
Radiosounding | Vostok Station | Every day | A V Yuskevich | 8 |
| Marine geology and geophysics | Seismic, magnetic and gravity observations on board of R/V 'Akademik A Karpinsky' | Western Davis Sea (77-90°E) | January - March | G A Kudryavtsev | 9 |
| Marine geology and geophysics | Compilation of Geophysical Atlas (structural, magnetic and gravity maps) Joint project between PMGE, VNIIOkeangeologia and AWI (Germany) |
Coast LAnd and Dronning MAud Land, Continental Margin (from 40°W to 40°E) | January - December | G L Leitchenkov | 2a |
| Marine geology and geophysics | "Research into geological evolution of Australian Southern and conjugate Antarctic margins on the basis of compilation of gravity and magnetic data in the Antarctic sector 40-160E" Project between PMGE, VNIIOkeangeologia and Geoscience Australia |
Continental magin of Antarctica between 40-160°E | January- July | A A Golinsky | 2b |
| Continental geology | Geological studies during the joint German- Australian Expedition (PCMEGA Project) | Southern Prince Charles Mountains | December 2002-January 2003 | E V Mikhalsky | 2c |
| Continental geology | Geological mapping | Grove Mountains (Southern Princess Elizabeth Land) |
February-March | D Vorob'ev | 9 |
| Continental geophysics | Oversnow ggeophysical studies (radio-echo sounding) | Lake Vostok area (Central Antarctica) |
December 2002-February 2003 | S Popov | 9 |
| Tectonics and structural geology | Compilation of "Structural Map of the Indian Ocean" Antarctic part (first draft; 1:2000000 scale, Mercator Projection) The map has been compiled within the Priject of CGMW |
Coastal area of Antarctic continent and Southern Ocean (60-72°S, 5-160° E) | January-December | G L Leitchenkov | 2a |
| Igneous and metaigneous rock petrology | Geochemical studies, isotopic studies, compilation of geological maps, geodynamic reconstructions | Southern Prince Charles Mountains | July-December | E V Mikhalsky | 2c |
| Seismicity | Recording | Mirny and Novolazarevskaya Stations | Ongoing | O E Starovoit | 15 |
| Geomagnetism | Recording | Mirny, Novolazarevskaya and Vostok Stations | Ongoing | O A Troshichev | 4b |
| Life Sciences | |||||
| Subject | Investigation | Locality | Duration | Principal Investigator |
Address no. |
| Ornithology | Nest mapping, nesting conditions, ringing, antropogeneous factors assessment | Fildes Pen. Bellingshausen Station | Season | I I Chupin V N Pomelov |
6 4 |
| Icntioplankton and benthos | Gathering of pelagic and bottom animals | Sodruzhestva Sea | Season | O C Voskoboinokova P B Smirnov |
6 6 |
| Ecology of sea ices | Natural formation of chemical and biological compositions of ice in the neretic zone | Along the route of S/V 'Akademik Fedorov' | Season | D N Aibulatov | 3 |
| Dynamics of social psychological state of isolated community | Longitudinal study of interpersonal relationship and communications | Vostok Station | Ongoing | G A Gorbunov | 4 |
| Environmental and microsocial effects on winterers health | Regular observations | Mirny, Vostok, Novolazrevskaya, Bellingshausen and Progress Stations | Ongoing | G A Gorbunov | 4 |
| Immunophysiology | Irridodiagnostic observations | Mirny Station | Ongoing | G A Gorbunov | 4 |
| Gravity field effect on biochemical and chemical processes | Landolt reaction velocity, growth and biochemical activity of bacillus E. Coli M-17 | Onboard the S/V "Akademik Fedodrov" | Season | O A Troshichev | 4b |
| Development of telemedicine methods | Reguar obsevation of the poar man health with the help of "Ambulance YS-701M" system |
Mirny, |
Season | G A Gorbunov | 4 |
| Psychophysiological study of isolated community | Regular reception of pulsogram data | Bellingshausen Station | Ongoing | G A Gorbunov | 4 |
| Mechanism of heliogeophysical effects on man | Geophysical parameters control, analyses of electrophysiological and energetic parameters on functional state of man | Vostok Station | Daily | O A Troshichev G A Gorbunov |
4b 4 |
| Antropogeneous effect on microbiota | Comparitive analyses of microbiota in various biogeocenoses | Bellingshausen Station and surroundings | Season | V N Pomelov | 4 |
| Ecology of Antarctic Stations | Chemical and bacteriological pollution of the sub surface layer | Mirny, Molodezhnaya, Bellingshausen and Progress Stations | Season | Sh B Teshebaev | 4 |
| Microbiological associations and their influence on human capacity to work | Gathering and analyses of air samples by the method of polymeric fission chain | Bellingshausen Station | Ongoing | V A Krylenkov | 11 |
| Physical Sciences | |||||
| Subject | Investigation | Locality | Duration | Principal Investigator |
Address no. |
| Fluctuations of the sea ice | Satellite images, ships, aircraft and instrumental observation | Progress and Bellingshausen Stations. Along the route of S/V 'Akademik Fedorov' | Ongoing | A I Korotkov | 4 |
| Fluctuations of the sealevel (GLOSS Programme) | Recording | Mirny and Progress Stations | Ongoing | V V Lukin | 4 |
| Ocean and atmospheric interaction | Complex ice and hydrophysical observations | Along the route of S/V 'Akademik Fedorov', Mirny and Progress Stations | Season | A I Danilov | 4 |
| Oceanography | Thermohaline structure in the regions of shelf and slope (sounding) | Sodruzhestva Sea (Prydz Bay 65-68°S, 66-70°) |
Season | A I Danilov | 5 |
| Substances flows from land to ocean | Net and filtration gathering of aerosols and surface oceanic suspensions | Along the route of S/V 'Akademik Fedorov' | Season | I A Nemirovskaya | 4 |
| Complex investigation of the sea surface layers | Instrumental, hydro-optical and cosmic methods | Along the route of S/V 'Akademik Fedorov' | Season | A I Danilov | 4 |
| Biogeochemical and microbiological monitoring | Litology, geochemistry, air flows and environmental pollution | Along the route of S/V 'Akademik Fedorov' | Season | A I Danilov | 4 |
| Snow pit and precipitation studies | Spatial and temporal variability of accumulation and isotope composition of deposited snow and precipitation | Vostok Station | Ongoing | V Ya Lipenkov | 4a |
| Accretion ice study | Isotope, gas and mineralogical analyses of accrertion ice from Vostok Lake | Vostok Station | Ongoing | V Ya Lipenkov | 4a |
| Molecular-biology studies of deep ice core | PCR-based analyses of rDNA in meteoric and accretion ice core samples | Vostok Station | Ongoing | S A Bulat | 10 |
| Study of the coastal zone of the Antarctic Ice Sheet | Remote sensing monitoring of the ice fronts fluctuations | East Antarctica catchment II | Ongoing | V M Kotlyakov M Yu Moskalevsky |
1 |
| Meteorology | Synoptic observation | Mirny Station | Ongoing | A A Rechnov | 4 |
| Actinometry | Recording | Mirny, Vostok, Progress, Bellingshausen and Novolazarevskaya Stations | Ongoing | A A Rechnov | 4 |
| Aerology | Recording | Mirny and Novolazarevskaya Stations | Ongoing | N N Kazakova | 4 |
| Ozonosphere Ozone and aerosol-optical parameters. CO, CO2, CH4 | Recording | Mirny and Novolazarevskaya Stations | Ongoing | V F Radionov | 4 |
| General Ozone content, methane and CO2 | Recording | Along the route of S/V 'Akademik Fedorov' and Novolazarevskaya Station | Season | A D Orlyansky | 2 |
| Synoptic | Recording | Mirny Station | Ongoing | L Yu Ryzhakov | 4 |
| Free and low atmosphere observations (WCI Programme) | Recording | Mirny and Novolazarevskaya Stations | Ongoing | V F Radionov | 4 |
| Monitoring of atmospheric circulation | Aerosounding | Novolazarevskaya Station | Ongoing | V V Ivanov | 4 |
| Atmosphere and underline surface energy exchange in coastal zones of the Antarctic Continent | Pulsations radiation and aerosol measurements | Bellingshausen Station | Season | I A Repina | 13 |
| Cosmic rays | Stratospheric sounding | Mirny Station | Ongoing | Yu I Stozhkov | 14 |
| Ionosphere magnitosphere | Structure and dynamic | Mirny and Vostok Stations | Ongoing | O A Troshichev | 4b |
| Monitoring of magnetic activity | Vostok, Mirny and Novolazarevskaya Stations | Ongoing | O A Troshichev | ||
| Vertical Sounding | Mirny and Vostok Stations | Ongoing | O A Troshichev | 4b | |
| Riometry (absorption) | Vostok, Mirny and Novolazarevskaya Stations | Ongoing | O A Troshichev | 4b | |
| Atmospheric anomalies | Recording |
Vostok, Mirny, |
Ongoing | O A Troshichev | 4b |
| Measurement of integral weakening of solar radiation | Recording | Mirny Station | Ongoing | O A Troshichev | 4b |
| Variations of atmospheric electric field | Recording | Vostok Station (till March 2003) | Ongoing | O A Troshichev | 4b |
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