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# Scenes of Polar Regions
# Observations in Polar Regions

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Scenes of Polar Regions


1. Antarctic (coastal regions)


     
Shirase Glacier Observation in coastal region Blue lake on
Antarctic ice sheet
Syowa Station on
East Ongul Islands
Transporation by sling from
Icebreaker "SHIRASE" to S16
Rookery of Adelie penguins Mirage and penguins Adelie Penguins


2. Antarctic (inland area)


     
Halo of the moon Dome Fuji Station Transportation by snow vehicles
on Antarctic ice sheet
Aurora australis
Yukimarimo Dome Fuji Station,
East Antarctica


3. Arctic region (Greenland Ice Sheet)


     
Ablation area of Greenland Ice sheet Blue lakes Ice core laboratory
in snow pit
Unnamed glacier from
Greenland Ice Sheet


4. Arctic region (Svalbard)


     
Optical phenomena around the sun Spitsbergen island in snow and ice


5. Altai (Russian Federation)


     
Accumulation area of Sofiyskiy Glacier
from its ablation area
Sofiyskiy Glacier Snow stratigraphy by
double-pit method


6. Kamchatcka (Russina Federation)


     
Large lenticularis
Mt.Klyuchevsky and Mt.Kamen
from Ushkovsky ice cap


7. European Alps


     
Ogives on Mer de Glace, Alps



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Observations in Polar Regions


1. Automatic meteorological observations


Automatic Weather Station
(Argos type) installed at
Relay Station
Automatic Weather Station
(Argos type) installed at
Relay Station
Automatic Weather Station
(Data logger type) at MD550
Automatic Weather Station
(Data logger type) at MD550
Automatic Weather Station
(Data logger type) at
Mizuho Station
Automatic Weather Station
(Data logger type) at
Relay Point
Rutland windcharger
(Type FM910) at Dome Fuji Station
(Manufacturer: Marlec, UK)
Savonius wind turbine
(Makino Applied Meteorology
Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan)
at Dome Fuji Station
Darrieus-Savonius wind turbine
(Makino Applied Meteorology
Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan)
installed by JARE-34 at
Relay Point
Darrieus wind turbine
(Makino Applied Meteorology
Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan)
installed by JARE-34 at
Relay Point



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