Antarctic Region Deployment Opportunities are provided by the International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP). See the following links:

• NEW! The Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) will launch its new research icebreaker the Araon early 2010 with open sea and ice trials between Christchurch and Cape Burks Antarctica.  The Araon (“ara”=sea; “on”=all) has been designed to carry out multidisciplinary research in the Arctic and Antarctic regions and to provide logistics support for Antarctic research stations.
  Araon brochure (pdf 780 KB) and presentation (ppt 8MB). Contact the Mr. Sang Heon NAM, Head of Polar Operation Department, KOPRI at shnam@kopri.re.kr.

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