The construction of the first Czech polar station will be presented in a television documentary

PRAGUE - A documentary film prepared by Czech Television will showcase the construction of the first Czech polar station on Ross Island in Antarctica. Day by day, it captures the construction of the station in the inhospitable wilderness by a group of twenty Czech scientists and builders, said expedition participant Hynek Adámek to ČTK. The documentary will be broadcast by the television on November 1 at 4:20 PM on the ČT2 program in the magazine Popularis.
The construction was accompanied by problems from the beginning. First, the polar researchers learned that there were issues with the transportation of the station, assembled in containers, from South America to the island. Two contracted transportation companies failed. One of the ships had an accident on the way to the port, where it was to load the containers. In the end, a Chilean Navy icebreaker came to the rescue.
However, the construction was successful, and the polar researchers winterized it in March and secured it against winter storms and snow. The station will not be used year-round. The polar researchers will only inhabit it during the Antarctic summer.
Geologists, biologists, and climatologists will study an area that is covered by a glacier 80 percent of the time. Their immediate neighbors will be Argentinians from the military base Marambio on Seymour Island, which serves to provide logistical support for scientific activities in the area.
The island, located on the edge of Antarctica opposite South America, is named after the British naval officer and polar explorer James Ross (1800 to 1862). Together with his uncle John Ross, he determined the northern magnetic pole. In 1829, his expedition sought a northern route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. From 1839 to 1843, he led an expedition to Antarctica, mapping the coastline of the continent. He determined the southern magnetic pole in November 1841.