AL/02- Advisory for Bharati Station Friday, 30 June 2014 Page 1 of 4

AL/02- Advisory for Bharati Station Friday, 30 June 2014 Page 1 of 4

AL/02‐ Advisory for Bharati Station Friday, 30 June 2014 National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research
XXXIV Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (2014-15)
BHARATI – Indian Research Station at Larsemann Hills, Antarctica
Bharati research base, located between Thala Fjord and Quilty bay at North Grovnes Island
(coordinates 69° 24.41' S, 76° 11.72' E, elevation ~35 m), is operational since March 2012. The
station is equipped with modern facilities and provides opportunity for year‐round scientific research at
and around Bharati. The station can support 47 personnel on twin sharing basis in the main building
during summer as well as winter with an additional 25 in emergency shelters / summer camps during
summers and thus making the total capacity as 72. The station consists of one main building, fuel
farm, fuel station, sea water pump house, a summer camp and a number of smaller containerized
modules.
The main building offers regulated power supply, automated heat and air conditioning with hot and
cold running water, flush toilets, sauna, cold storage, PA system, aesthetically designed living, dining,
lounge and laboratory space, etc.
Bharati during austral summers
Bharati during austral winters
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une 2014 Bharati is approacha
able by sea route
r
betwee
en Novembe
er and March
h of the succe
eeding calen
ndar year
ason) and ca
an be reache
ed from Cape
e Town in ab
bout 10 to16 days time de
epending
(Austral Summer sea
ea-ice conditiions. The voyage plan va
aries annually depending
g on the ope
erational requ
uirement.
upon se
Alternate
ely, Bharati is
i also appro
oachable by chartered flights under the aegis of D
Dronning Ma
aud Land
Air Netw
work (DROM
MLAN) betw
ween Novem
mber and February
F
of the succee
eding calend
dar year.
Approacching Bharati by air is a tedious
t
journ
ney as there is no direct flight from C
Cape Town. All
A flights
(IL-76 aircrafts)
a
are operated via Novolazarrevskaya (No
ovo) air strip
p (near Maittri). Flight fro
om Cape
Town to
o Novo takes about 5.5 hours and from Novo to Progress
P
airsstrip (near Bh
harati) throug
gh Baslar
aircraft (feeder fligh
ht) in about 10-12 hourss. Flights fro
om Cape To
own to Novo
o and Feede
er flights
n Novo and Progress
P
req
quire intricate
e planning an
nd are not avvailable as a matter of ch
hoice, but
between
based on operationa
al requiremen
nts.
1. MOD
DES OF TRA
ANSPORT AROUND
A
BH
HARATI
To provide logisticall support and smooth tra
ansportation for carrying out field wo
ork and for collecting
c
e
movers
s /load hauling vehicles are availab
ble at the
sampless from far offf locations, transport / earth
station. These can be
b used with
h the prior pe
ermission fro
om the Leade
er at the station. Two he
elicopters
o
ship
p and provide
e a convenie
ent and quick
k way for field
d work.
remain onboard
S. No.
1.1.
1.2.
1.3.
1.4.
1.5.
1.6.
Vehicles
Pisten Bullly
Snow Scoo
oter
Tata Xenon – XT
Excavator (BE-71)
Bulldozer (BD-50)
(
Mantis Cra
ane 50 MT
Number
4
2
1
1
1
1
Rema
ark
Off-road
2. DIST
TRIBUTION OF AREA IN AND ARO
OUND BHAR
RATI
Inside th
he main build
ding there are
e four design
nated Labora
atories with appropriate
a
sstorage spac
ce:
2.1.
Laboratorie
es within the main buildin
ng
2.1.1.
Electrical & Electronicss Lab,
2.1.2.
Life Sciencces Lab,
2.1.3.
Chemical Sciences,
S
2.1.4.
Earth Sciences Lab.
2.2.
aster Plan (BMP) – 2012
Bharati Ma
ployment of instrumentss and experrimental sett up, area around
a
Bharati station is being
For dep
develope
ed in a syste
ematic way th
hrough an ap
pproved mas
ster plan. The
e North Grovvnes Island is divided
into five major zoness:
Zone – 1 fo
or infrastructtural develop
pment,
2.2.1.
Zone – 2 Magnetic
M
silence zone forr atmospheric and upper atmosphericc sciences,
2.2.2.
Zone – 3 re
eserved for future
f
develo
opment,
2.2.3.
Zone – 4 Pristine
P
zone
e,
2.2.4.
Zone – 5 Antenna
A
zone
e.
2.2.5.
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AL/02‐ Advisory for Bharati Station Friday, 30 June 2014 3. OPERATIONAL EXPERIMENTS
Apart from experiments conducted in earlier expeditions, current list of experiments/equipments
running at Bharati are as follows:
3.1. Ground stations for Earth Observation Satellites and Communication
Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Hyderabad designed, developed and commissioned a
Data Reception Station operating in X and S bands for multi-mission remote sensing satellites and
Data Communication Station operating in C band linking Bharti station and NRSC, Shadnagar,
Hyderabad. The link also provides a two way communication service between NCAOR and Bharati.
3.2. Magnetometers
Digital Fluxgate magnetometer (DFM) and Proton Precision magnetometer (PPM) are continuously
monitoring terrestrial magnetic field. Magnetic observations are vital for understanding the
electromagnetic changes in the near-Earth environment due to internal or external origin.
[P. I. - Prof. S. Gurubaran; E-mail - [email protected]]
3.3. Global Atmospheric Electricity:
Extremely weak return current is observed in the fair-weather regions, which is driven by
thunderclouds in the troposphere. Long-wire antenna and electric field mill monitor atmospheric
current and electric field, which in turn provides global pattern of thunderclouds.
[P. I. - Prof. S. Gurubaran; E-mail - [email protected]]
3.4. Ionospheric Scintillation and TEC Monitoring:
For the ionospheric scintillation and total electron content monitoring GSV-4004B GISTM receiver is
operational. It is a dual-frequency 12 channel GPS receiver and specifically configured to measure
amplitude and phase scintillation from L1 frequency along with Ionospheric Total Electron Content
(ITEC) from the L1 & L2 frequencies.
[P.I. - Dr S. Saini; E-mail- [email protected]]
4. UTILITY EQUIPMENTS, INSTRUMENTS AND CONSUMABLES
S. No.
Instrument
4.1. Drilling Platform
4.2. Ice Auger
4.3. Petrological Microscope
4.4.
Thin sectioning Unit
4.5.
4.6.
Vibratory sieve shaker
Weighing Precision Balance
4.7.
Ultrasonic Cleaner (Rivotek)
4.8.
4.9.
Millipore filtration unit
pH/Conductivity benchtop
Multiparameter kit (Thermo
Orion)
Description
Upto 2 meter
Nikon LV100N Pol Polarizing
Petro-thin
Weighing range – 220 g (max)
Readout (d) – 0.001 g
Reproducibility – 0.001 g
Tank capacity – 5.5 lt
Tank clear size (mm) – 250x150x150
Sureproin
pH range – 0 to 14
Temperature range – 0 to 100oC
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Available
Available
To be delivered by
Jan’15
To be delivered by
Jan’15
Available
Available
Available
Available
Available
AL/02‐ Advisory for Bharati Station Friday, 30 June 2014 4.10.
Acid resistant hot plate
4.11.
4.12.
Air stream vertical laminar
flow cabinet
Trim saw
Heated area (mm) – 200x200
Maximum temperature – 400oC
Enternal work zone (wxdxh) – 660 x
700 x 720 mm
Petrological saw
4.13.
Centrifuge
Speed range – 100 to 18,000 rmp
4.14.
Oven
4.15.
Deep Freezer
4.16.
Table Top Muffle furnace
4.17.
UV visible spectrophotometer
4.18.
Auto clave
Operating temperature –50o to 250oC
Heating area (WxHxD) –
544x1335x545 mm
Temperature -30oC
Dimension (WxHxD) –
508x1331x533 mm
Temperature range – 100o to 1093oCl
capacity 45L;
Dimension (WxHxD) – 360x360x360
mm
Up to 100 Hz data acquisition for
single cell kinetics
Capacity – 69 liters, Temperature –
135oC
Available
To be delivered by
Jan’15
To be delivered by
Jan’15
Available
Available
Available
Available
To be delivered by
Jan’15
Available
5. LABWARE
Spatula, Conical Flasks, Measuring Cylinder, Funnel, Pipette, Beakers, Bottles, Cuvettes, etc.
6. CHEMICALS
6.1. Methanol Optima (LC/MS grade)
6.2. Hydrochloric Acid (trace metal grade)
6.3. Nitric Acid (Suprapure)
6.4. Ethanol (Suprapure)
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Please feel free to get in touch for clarifications with our team,
Useful Contacts
1. Dr Anand Kumar Singh
Scientist-B | Manager – Bharati Station
(Bharati Operations)
Phone: +91-832-2525522
Email: [email protected]
2. Dr Yogesh Ray
Scientist-C | Manager – Maitri Station
(Maitri Operations)
Phone: +91-832-2525522
Email: [email protected]
3. Ms. Reena Naik
(HR/ Team / Travel/ Medical/ Training) Phone:
+91-832-2525520
Email: [email protected]
4. Dr Shailendra Saini
Scientist-C | Manager- Operations
(Cargo Movement & Cape Town Operations)
Phone: +91-832-2525568
Email: [email protected]
5. M. Javed Beg
Scientist-F | Programme Director (Logistics)
Phone: +91-832-2525521
Fax: +91-832-2520877; 2525520
Email: [email protected]
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