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Station
Camp
Shelter
Laboratory
Station
Camp
Shelter
Laboratory

Background

Troll

http://www.npolar.no/en/about-us/stations-vessels/troll/

Antarctic

Open

Station

Norway

None

1990

Year-Round

Introduction

Troll, Norwegian Polar Institute

Troll is around 235 km from the coast, at Jutulsessen, in Dronning Maud Land.

Bird colonies in the area.

Troll Station opened on February 1990 for summer-only operation. Opened for year-round operation on February 2005.

Year round clean air facility, geology, geodesy, glaciology and biology. Satellite ground station.

Research activites in the area since 1956

Intercontinetal airfield (can receive large wheeled aircraft) and ship (requires overland transport)

Operator

Norwegian Polar Institute

Government

Norwegian Polar Institute

http://www.npolar.no/en/

Data Source

0000-00-00

Partner Institution

No

Location

CO1802

72° 0.7168' 0'' S

2° 31.9842' 0'' E

Continental Antarctica

N - East Antarctic inland ice sheet

6 Dronning Maud Land

1275

4400

4400

7

200

Ice-free ground

Climate

Continuous

Inland Antarctica

Snow

4

202

E

01/01/2005 to 31/01/2016

-18

-6.5

-10.9

-16.2

-20.7

-21.4

-24.2

-24.8

-25.9

-25.7

-19

-12.1

-7.8

7

-50

None

Features

Blue ice; Clear air zone; Crevasse; High elevation; Ice cap or glacier; Low artificial light pollution; Moraine; Mountain; Nunatak; Permanent snowpatches; Rock

Disciplines

Climate studies; Ecology; Environmental sciences; Geology; Geophysics and seismology; Glaciology

Human Activities

Yes

Human prescence since 1993

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Infrastructure

CO1802

1500

0

None

20

1000

60

yes

yes

Fossil fuel; Renewable

220

24

no

Staff Capacity

35

10

6

1

70

0

Scientific Equipment

As requested

As requested

Weather station, climate data. Clear air facility with sampling.

Medical Facilities

Yes

15

Medical doctor; Non-medical trained person

1

Dental; Surgery

Anaesthesia; Blood Transfusion Medicine; Diagnostic ultrasound; Diagnostic x-ray; Laboratory diagnostics; Telemedicine

4400

2

1

0

4400

No

Yes

Vehicles

Tracked vehicles, skidoos, tractors, 4WD, quad bikes, electrical vehicles.

Workshop facilities

Mechanical; Metal workshop; Wood workshop

Communications

Computer; E-mail; Fax; Internet; Printer; Satellite phone; Scanner; Telephone; VHF

Access

Air; Land

Aircraft landing facilities

1

3000

60

Intercontinetal airfield, suitabel for large wheeled aircraft (Boeing 737, C-130 Hercules, Falcon 7X. ). The airfield can also receive ski equipped aircraft.

Other

Blue ice

Yes

Transport and freight

Airplane; Helicopter; Ship; Skidoo

Overland traverse

1

7

January; February; March; November; December

Access To The Facility

Pictures

Troll Station Station.

737 at Troll Airfield (Credits: Sven Lidstrom)

NILU_Clean Air facility at Troll Station (Credits: Sven LIdstrom)

Snow removal Troll Airfield (redits: Sven Lidstrom)

Troll Airfield Fueling operations (Credits: Sven Lidstrom)

Troll Station from West