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Estación Polar Científica Conjunta Glaciar Unión

Coordinates: 79°46′05″S 83°15′42″W / 79.768036°S 83.261666°W / -79.768036; -83.261666
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Union Glacier
President Piñera inaugurating the base in 2014.
President Piñera inaugurating the base in 2014.
Location of Union Glacier in Antarctica
Location of Union Glacier in Antarctica
Union Glacier
Location of Union Glacier in Antarctica
Coordinates: 79°46′05″S 83°15′42″W / 79.768036°S 83.261666°W / -79.768036; -83.261666
Country Chile
Location in AntarcticaUnion Glacier
Ellsworth Mountains
Ellsworth Land
Antarctica
Administered byChilean Antarctic Institute
Established4 January 2014 (2014-01-04)
TypeSeasonal
StatusOperational
Activities
List
  • Glaciology
  • Meteoroly
  • Microbiology

The Estación Polar Científica Conjunta Glaciar Unión (or Union Glacier Joint Scientific Polar Station) or Union Glacier Station is a summer Antarctic base of Chile, situated on Union Glacier in the Ellsworth Mountains. It is jointly operated from November to January by the Chilean Antarctic Institute and the three armed forces of Chile. It was inaugurated on 4 January 2014 by Chilean President Sebastián Piñera Echeñique.[1]

In 2013, the Antarctic stations Teniente Arturo Parodi Alister and Antonio Huneeus were dismantled and their equipment was transferred to Union Glacier Station. This followed the relocation in November 2010 of the operations of the private American company Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions LLC, which has operated the landing strip on Union Glacier since December 2008 and also runs Union Glacier Camp.[2][1]

After the American base Amundsen-Scott and the Chinese base Kunlun, Union Glacier Station is the nearest active base to the South Pole, located 1080 km away.

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Artículo de La Tercera". Archived from the original on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  2. ^ "Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
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