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Russian Antarctic Expedition (russian: Российская Антарктическая экспедиция; RAE) is a continuous expedition of the Arctic and Antarctic research Institute Russian Federal service for
Hydrometeorology
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and environmental monitoring of Russia. In RAE, wintering involves conducting in
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
for about a year, and seasonal units running in the summer.
History
The successor of the
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
The Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SAE or SovAE) (russian: Советская антарктическая экспедиция, САЭ, ''Sovetskaya antarkticheskaya ekspeditsiya'') was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the So ...
, working since 1955. RAE is a participant in the subprogramme "Study and investigation of Antarctica" of the Russian Federal target program "World ocean".
In the fall of 2011 began 57th seasonal expedition. At five permanent and several seasonal polar stations, employs over 200 permanent and seasonal staff. Work is underway to transfer the main base of the expedition from the station " Mirny" to the station "
Progress
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