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Background

Facility Name	Wasa
Location	Antarctic
Current status of facility	Open
Type	Station
Operating country	Sweden
INTERACT Status	None
First opened/Opening year	1989
Operational period	Seasonal

Introduction

Facility name and Operator	Wasa, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
Location	Dronning Maud Land. The station is co-located together with the Finnish station Aboa at the Mount Basen. The distance between Wasa and Aboa is about 200 meters. Together, the two stations form the Nordenskiöld Base Camp. The stations cooperate both in research and logistics. Distance to nearest year round Station (Neumayer III) is about 500 km.
Biodiversity and natural environment	Mount Basen is a small Antarctic Nunatak completely surrounded by ice.
History and Facilities	Both Wasa and Aboa were built at the same time, no previous facilities at this location.
General research and databases	Wasa is a small facility without permanent staff. The station is personned and opened when there is Swedish expedition activity in this area. The fields of science varie to a high degree from expedition to expedition.
Human dimension	No other human activity in a radius of about 500 km.
Access	Expeditions to Wasa is usally travelling by air from Cape Town to Antarctica. The local transportation from Antarctic landing site (Novo runway or Troll runway) to Basen is carried out by a smaller chartered Aircraft on skis.

Operator

Facility operator/manager	Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
Type of entity	Government
Institution managing/operating the facility	Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
Website (operator/manager)	http://polar.se/en/

Data Source

Partner Institution

Partnership

No

Location

Station code	CO2601
Geographical coordinates - Latitude	73° 2.5679' 0'' S
Geographical coordinates - Longitude	13° 24.7746' 0'' W
Region	Continental Antarctica
Antarctic Environmental Domain	K - Northern latitude ice shelves
Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic Region	6 Dronning Maud Land
Altitude of facility (m)	440
Min. altitude within study area (m)	0
Max. altitude within study area (m)	0
Nearest town/settlement	0
Distance to nearest town/settlement (km)	0
Distance to nearest transport facility (airstrip/helipad/dock - km)	500
Distance to nearest station (km)	500
Type of surface facility built on	Ice-free ground

Climate

Permafrost	Continuous
Climate zone	Inland Antarctica
Precipitation type	Snow
Dominant wind direction	N
Mean annual temperature (°C)	-15.3
Mean temperature in July (°C)	-21.9
River Ice Break Up	None

Features

Features in the facility area

Nunatak

Disciplines

Main science disciplines	Climate studies; Ecology; Geology; Glaciology
Other science disciplines	Please contact Swedish Polar Research Secretariat.

Human Activities

Human activity	No
Production / Economical activities	N/A
Long term monitoring	No
Waste management	Yes
Hazard[ous] management	Yes
Fuel spill response capability	Yes

Infrastructure

Station code	CO2601
Area under roof (m2)	130
Scientific laboratories (m2)	0
Type of scientific laboratories	None
Logistics (m2)	50
Number of beds	12
Showers	yes
Laundry facilities	yes
Power supply (type)	Fossil fuel; Renewable
Power supply (V)	230
Power supply (hours per day)	24
Hydroponics facilities	no

Staff Capacity

Number of staff on station (peak/summer season)	5
Number of scientists on station (peak/summer season)	0
Number of staff on station (off peak/winter season)	0
Number of scientists on station (off peak/winter season)	0
Max number of personnel at a time (staff, scientists and other)	20
Number of tourists (annual average)	0

Scientific Equipment

Scientific services

Please contact Swedish Polar Research Secretariat.

Medical Facilities

Medical facilities	No
Area of medical facility (m2)	0
Beds	0
Capability	None
Equipment	Diagnostic ultrasound
Staff with basic medical training or doctor (summer)	1
Staff with basic medical training or doctor (winter)	0
Compulsory safety equipment	Training and appropirate safety equipment are usually supplied by Swedish Polar Research Secretaiat.
Medical research capabilities	No
Medical screening requirements	No

Vehicles

Sea transportation	None.
Land transportation	Snowmobiles, Haglunds, 4WD.

Workshop facilities

Workshop facilities	Mechanical; Metal workshop; Wood workshop
Other workshop facilities	*

Communications

Communications

E-mail; Satellite phone; VHF

Access

Access

Air

Aircraft landing facilities

Number of airstrips	1
Description of airstrips	Seasonal skiway for Aircrafts with skis.
Helipad	Yes

Transport and freight

Transport to facility	Airplane
No. of ship visits per year	0
Period of ship visits per year	None
Period of flight visits per year	January; February; December

Access To The Facility

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