The Wasa Research Station is a

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research facility in

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, established in 1988/1989. It is situated next to the

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Aboa Research Station on the ''Basen''

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in the

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. The two stations cooperate, and are jointly referred to as the Nordenskiöld Base Camp."Research Stations"

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Purpose and facilities

The Wasa Station is operated by the

during the summer season, and accommodates up to 20 people. Its main building is , and constructed on top of long supporting cylinders to avoid accumulation of snow. It features four bedrooms, a big kitchen and a living room. There is also a shower, a sauna and a laundry room. The station was designed to be extremely energy efficient, with energy supplied mainly by solar and wind power. The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat has developed a system of tracked vehicles, sledges and housing modules for transportation to the scientists’ workplaces. Snowmobiles are used for shorter, less laborious fieldwork. Wasa and the other research stations in Dronning Maud Land are reached through the aviation partnership within DROMLaN, the Dronning Maud Land Air Network. ''This article is based on information from the Swedish Wikipedia-article about the same subject, and o
information obtained from the official site of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
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References

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