Soviet Antarctic Expedition
The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was a Soviet research institute. It was succeeded by the Russian Antarctic Expedition.
Governance and history
The Soviet Union's Ministry of Sea Transport was responsible for the administration, logistics and supply of the expeditions. The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.The first Soviet contact with Antarctica was in January 1947, when the Slava whaling flotilla began whaling in Antarctic waters.
SAE was succeeded by the Russian Antarctic Expedition.
Expeditions
The Soviet Union engaged in expeditions to Antarctica from 1955 to its dissolution. After this, the Soviet Antarctic stations were taken over by Russia.Stations
The first Soviet Antarctic station, Mirny, was established near the coast on February 13, 1956. In December 1957 another station, Vostok, was built inland near the South geomagnetic pole.Year-round stations
Summer stations
- Komsomolskaya
- Pionerskaya
- Druzhnaya I
- Druzhnaya II