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Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition

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TheJapanese Antarctic Research Expedition(Nam cực địa vực quan trắc đội,Nankyoku chiiki kansoku-tai,JARE)refers to a series of JapaneseAntarctic expeditionsforscientific research.

The first JARE expedition was launched in 1957 to coordinate with theInternational Geophysical Year.This was the team which left 15 dogs, includingTaro and Jiro,behind after an emergency evacuation in February 1958.

Expeditions to the Antarctic took place from 1968 to 1977, andice coreswere drilled on these expeditions, mostly atMizuho.[1]

A later instance was an ecological expedition studying the ecosystems nearShowa StationinAntarctica.The project was first undertaken in February 1986. It was associated with the international BIOTAS program[clarification needed],which also launched in 1986.Taxonomicalstudies of some organisms (particularly plants and small animals) were carried out by the expedition.

The current research expedition is "60th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition"(Đệ 60 thứ nam cực địa vực quan trắc đội,Dai Rokuju-ji Nankyoku chiiki kansoku-tai)and began in November 2018 as part of the "Japanese Antarctic Research Project Phase IX".[2]

References

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  1. ^MacKinnon (1980), p. 48.
  2. ^"Associate Professor Shigeru Aoki selected to lead the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE)".Hokkaido University.14 November 2018.Retrieved18 April2019.

Sources

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  • MacKinnon, P.K. (1980).Ice Cores.Washington DC: World Data Center A for Glaciology [Snow and Ice].ISSN0149-1776.
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