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Underwater Photo Location: Mario Zucchelli Station - Italian Antarctica Base - Terra Nova Bay - Ross Sea

Underwater Photo Location: Mario Zucchelli Station - Italian Antarctica Base - Terra Nova Bay - Ross Sea

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The Zucchelli Station is a permanent Antarctic Station on the Terra Nova Bay located at a small altitude of 15 meters and with an area of approximately 7,200 square meters. In 2010 it has been enlarged and in "warm" months is linked to the Italian Concordia Station (operated together with French researchers).

This facility -created in 1985- hosts a variety of scientific projects. The Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (National Antarctic Research Program (PNRA)) works closely with the US Antarctic Program and Antarctica New Zealand.
Facts about Mario Zucchelli Station - Italian Antarctica Base - Terra Nova Bay - Ross Sea
  • It is in Antarctica
  • Mario Zucchelli Station - Italian Antarctica Base - Terra Nova Bay - Ross Sea is in the Ross Sea.




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The emperor penguin family on the Antarctic sea ice (Ross Sea - Baia Terra Nova - Antarctica - PNRA- ISMAR-CNR)

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Ready to race? (Emperor penguins on the sea ice)

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Floating eggs of Silverfish (Pleuragramma antarctica) under the Antarctic sea ice
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