The research station Wasa.
The DML Wasa 2011/12 expedition is carried out by the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat. The aim is to continue maintenance work of vehicles and the research station Wasa, make an environmental inventory and train new staff.
The expedition is carried out in close co-operation with the Finnish Antarctic research Programme FINNARP, and the participants will stay at the Finnish resarch station Aboa, located close to Wasa.
The Wasa Research Station was built at Vestfjella in Dronning Maud Land during the 1988/89 Antarctic Expedition. The station is located at 73°03'S, 13°25'W at the Basen nunatak. Wasa and Aboa Research Station constitutes the Nordenskiold Base.
5 January 2012: Stockholm–Cape Town
10 January 2012: Cape Town–Troll
11 January 2012: Troll-Basen
12 January 2012: Arriving at Aboa, preparations at Wasa
13 January-18 February 2012: Maintenance work at Wasa
19 February 2012: Basen–Novolazarevskaya
21 February 2012: Novolazarevskaya–Cape Town
24 February 2012: Cape Town–Stockholm