{"id":68497,"date":"2025-10-13T13:16:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=68497"},"modified":"2025-10-13T13:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:46:20","slug":"maitri-ii-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/maitri-ii-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Maitri II Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Maitri II Station Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Finance Ministry has granted approval for Maitri II \u2014 the country\u2019s newest research station proposed to come up in eastern Antarctica.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Maitri II Station<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is India\u2019s<\/span><b> newest research station<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> proposed to <\/span><b>come up in eastern Antarctica.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will be <\/span><b>larger than Maitri I,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with plans to design it as a green research base.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The proposal includes using <\/span><b>renewable energy sources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 solar power for summer expeditions and wind energy to harness the strong Antarctic winds \u2014 to run the station\u2019s operations.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is planned to <\/span><b>deploy automated instruments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> onboard Maitri II which will keep recording data and relay it to mainland India, even if the station <\/span><b>remains unmanned for some period.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The construction of the research station is expected to be <\/span><b>completed by January 2029.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nodal Agency:<\/b> <b>National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (NCPOR) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is the nodal agency responsible for operating and organising missions to Antarctica and the Arctic.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Maitri Station<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been hosting <\/span><b>researchers since 1989,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is located along the <\/span><b>Schirmacher Oasis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 a 20 km-long ice-free <\/span><b>landmass in East Antarctica.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It comprises the main building, a <\/span><b>fuel farm, a fuel station, a lake water pump house<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a summer camp, and several smaller containerised modules.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maitri can <\/span><b>accommodate between 25 and 40 scientists<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, depending on mission requirements and season.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>India\u2019s other research base in Antarctica: Dakshin Gangotri (<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first base in Antarctica), operated for a few years. <\/span><b>Bharati which is <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">operational since 2012.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/decks-cleared-for-maitri-ii-india-set-to-chart-new-frontiers-in-antarcticas-icy-wilderness-10303286\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maitri II Station is India\u2019s newest research station proposed to come up in eastern Antarctica. 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