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In 2009 Brazil made its first national scientific expedition to the Antarctic ice sheet. The expedition integrated atmospheric, [[glacier|glaciological]], geological and geophysical studies along the Patriot Hills area and also along the subglacial lake Ellsworth area. A second expedition occurred in early November 2011, when researchers installed a [[Automatic weather station|monitoring station]] (advanced outpost) 500 kilometers (310 mi) from the Geographic [[South Pole]] and 2,600 km (1,600 mi) from the Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base (EACF). | In 2009 Brazil made its first national scientific expedition to the Antarctic ice sheet. The expedition integrated atmospheric, [[glacier|glaciological]], geological and geophysical studies along the Patriot Hills area and also along the subglacial lake Ellsworth area. A second expedition occurred in early November 2011, when researchers installed a [[Automatic weather station|monitoring station]] (advanced outpost) 500 kilometers (310 mi) from the Geographic [[South Pole]] and 2,600 km (1,600 mi) from the Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base (EACF). | ||
===Joint international expeditions=== | |||
Starting in 2024, Brazil began participating in joint scientific operations in [[Antarctica]] with the Russian Antarctic Program. The project was organised by Russia's Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute and the Polar and Climate Centre of the Institute of Geosciences of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. | |||
The expedition team of 60 personnel from seven countries (Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, India, and China) will spend two months in Antarctica to study various ecosystems found on the continent. They are utilizing the Russian [[icebreaker]] ''Akademik Tryoshnikov'' out of St. Petersburg. | |||
==Political visits== | ==Political visits== | ||