Russkaya Station
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Russkaya station was a Soviet Antarctic research station located at 74°46′S 136°52′W (Ruppert Coast
, Marie Byrd Land
in Western Antarctica). The station was proposed in 1973 and approved in 1978. Construction began the next year and it was opened on March 9, 1980.
For the shore of Antarctica, the winds are considered to be rather strong. The average number of days per year with wind speeds of over 15 m/s in the area around the station is 264, and on 136 of those the wind speed is over 30 m/s. The average temperature in the coldest months of July-August is -20 °C (-4 °F); in the warmest months of December-January it is -2 °C (28.4 °F). The lowest temperature ever recorded at the station was -46.4 °C (-51.5 °F) in 1985, and the warmest was +7.4 °C (45.3 °F) in 1983. The average overall temperature over the course of a year is -12 °C (10.4 °F), and the average amount of snowfall is around 2000 mm.
The station was mothballed in the beginning of 1990. However, in February 2006, Valeriy Lukin, the head of the Russian Antarctic Expedition (RAE), said:
There are plans to open the mothballed stations Molodyozhnaya, Leningradskaya
and Russkaya in the 2007-2008 season.
Ruppert Coast
Ruppert Coast is that portion of the coast of Marie Byrd Land between Brennan Point and Cape Burks, or between Saunders Coast in the west and Hobbs Coast in the east. It stretches from 146°31'W to 136°50'W. It was named by R. Admiral Richard Byrd for Col...
, Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...
in Western Antarctica). The station was proposed in 1973 and approved in 1978. Construction began the next year and it was opened on March 9, 1980.
For the shore of Antarctica, the winds are considered to be rather strong. The average number of days per year with wind speeds of over 15 m/s in the area around the station is 264, and on 136 of those the wind speed is over 30 m/s. The average temperature in the coldest months of July-August is -20 °C (-4 °F); in the warmest months of December-January it is -2 °C (28.4 °F). The lowest temperature ever recorded at the station was -46.4 °C (-51.5 °F) in 1985, and the warmest was +7.4 °C (45.3 °F) in 1983. The average overall temperature over the course of a year is -12 °C (10.4 °F), and the average amount of snowfall is around 2000 mm.
The station was mothballed in the beginning of 1990. However, in February 2006, Valeriy Lukin, the head of the Russian Antarctic Expedition (RAE), said:
There are plans to open the mothballed stations Molodyozhnaya, Leningradskaya
Leningradskaya Station
Leningradskaya station was a Soviet Antarctic research station, located at . It was opened on February 25, 1971 by the members of the 15th Soviet Antarctic Expedition...
and Russkaya in the 2007-2008 season.