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Background

Facility Name	Dirck Gerritsz Laboratory
Location	Antarctic
Current status of facility	Open
Type	Laboratory
Operating country	Netherlands
INTERACT Status	None
First opened/Opening year	2012
Operational period	Year-Round

Introduction

Facility name and Operator	Dirck Gerritsz Laboratory, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
Location	Dirck Gerritsz Laboratory is located at Rothera Research Station, run by the British Antarctic Survey, Adelaide Island, Western Antarctic Peninsula.
Biodiversity and natural environment	See Rothera Research Station Information.
History and Facilities	Officially opened January 2013, four flexible high tech mobile labs built in standard ISO 20 feet high cube containers. All four housed in a specially designed docking station. 1. A dry lab suitable for the use of a wide range of analytical instruments (e.g. flow cytometry) that need to be run at room temperature (15-22 °C). 2. A dry lab suitable for culturing using a cabinet with plasma lamps that provide the daylight spectrum. The temperature in this container is kept between 0 °C and 22 °C. 3. A wet lab suitable for processing water samples and biological rate measurements at the temperature of the sample of interest. The temperature in this container is kept between 2 °C and 15 °C. 4. A clean room laboratory suitable for trace metal research. It is equipped with special filters in the air-processing system to ensure that the air entering the container is completely particle free. The temperature in this container can be controlled between 5 °C and 20 °C.
General research and databases	Chemical oceanography, terrestrial and marine ecology. To view all the data collected, please visit www.npdc.nl.
Access	In cooperation with the British Antarctic Survey that supports the Netherlands Polar Programme at Rothera Research Station

Operator

Facility operator/manager	Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
Type of entity	Government
Institution managing/operating the facility	Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)/British Antarctic Survey (BAS)

Data Source

Date of last update

0000-00-00

Partner Institution

Partnership	Yes
Partner Institution Name (1)	British Antarctic Survey

Location

Station code	CO1601
Geographical coordinates - Latitude	67° 34.2514' 0'' S
Geographical coordinates - Longitude	68° 7.6765' 0'' W
Region	Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Environmental Domain	G - Antarctic Peninsula offshore island geologic
Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic Region	4 Central south Antarctic Peninsula
Altitude of facility (m)	16
Min. altitude within study area (m)	0
Distance to nearest transport facility (airstrip/helipad/dock - km)	0
Type of surface facility built on	Ice-free ground

Climate

Permafrost	Continuous
Climate zone	Coastal Antarctica
Precipitation type	Snow
Dominant wind direction	N
Mean annual temperature (°C)	-5
Mean temperature in January (°C)	0.8
Mean temperature in February (°C)	-0.1
Mean temperature in March (°C)	-1.9
Mean temperature in April (°C)	-4.5
Mean temperature in May (°C)	-7.1
Mean temperature in June (°C)	-9.9
Mean temperature in July (°C)	-11.6
Mean temperature in August (°C)	-11.8
Mean temperature in September (°C)	-9.1
Mean temperature in October (°C)	-6.1
Mean temperature in November (°C)	-2.8
Mean temperature in December (°C)	0.1
Snow free period	January; February

Features

Features in the facility area

Coast; Crevasse; Fjord; Ice cap or glacier; Ice shelf; Mountain; Permanent snowpatches; Rock; Sea; Sea ice; Seal colonies; Shoreline; Snow

Disciplines

Main science disciplines

Climate studies; Ecology; Environmental sciences; Glaciology; Inorganic chemistry; Marine biology; Microbiology; Oceanography

Human Activities

Human activity	Yes
Long term monitoring	Yes
Waste management	Yes
Hazard[ous] management	Yes
Fuel spill response capability	Yes

Infrastructure

Station code	CO1601
Area under roof (m2)	48
Scientific laboratories (m2)	48
Type of scientific laboratories	Biology; Chemistry
Showers	no
Laundry facilities	no
Power supply (type)	Fossil fuel; Renewable
Hydroponics facilities	no

Staff Capacity

Number of staff on station (peak/summer season)	2
Number of scientists on station (peak/summer season)	8
Max number of personnel at a time (staff, scientists and other)	10

Scientific Equipment

Medical Facilities

Medical facilities	No
Staff with relevant training	Medical doctor; Non-medical trained person
Medical research capabilities	No

Vehicles

Workshop facilities

Other workshop facilities

None

Communications

E-mail; Telephone

Access

Air; Sea

Aircraft landing facilities

Description of airstrips	See for detailed information Rothera Research Station
Helipad	Yes

Transport and freight

Transport to facility

Airplane; Ship

Access To The Facility

Pictures

Gerritsz Lab (Credits: Vanderkroef)

Gerritsz Lab (Credits: Vanderkroef)

Lab facilities (Credits: David Blake)

Gerritsz