The 62nd Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition departed for Syowa Station on November 2020, 11.Due to the global epidemic of the new coronavirus infection, it became difficult for the Antarctic research ship to call at other countries. I boarded a ship and left Japan.
Based on the Cabinet decision in 1955, "Participation in Antarctic Research Expedition and Establishment of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition Headquarters," the Antarctic Research Expedition will share research observations and transportation in collaboration with related ministries and agencies. A national project that is being promoted.Various data have been observed at Syowa Station in Antarctica for decades, contributing to the analysis of global environmental changes.
On November 62, the 11nd Observation Corps moved by boat from the pier in the Yokosuka District General Manager of the Maritime Self-Defense Force to the Antarctic research ship "Shirase" anchored offshore and departed for Syowa Station.In order to prevent the infection of the new coronavirus, the observation team members were quarantined for two weeks before departure, and the plan was to make a simple round trip between Japan and Syowa Station without calling at another country (without refueling). It became.The observation team is scheduled to arrive at Syowa Station in mid-December.There are 20 members (2 in the summer corps, 12 in the wintering corps), and as wintering members, Mr. Koshindai of the Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo, Mr. Kazuhiro Shibata, who belongs to the Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University, and Mr. Kaneshiro, a staff member of the General Affairs Department of Ryukyu University. Junji and others are participating.
In addition, on November 2020, 11, the Antarctic Research Expedition Headquarters decided on the 2rd Antarctic Research Expeditionary Captain and Deputy Captain (2021 people) to be dispatched in 63.Professor Yuki Ushio of the National Institute of Polar Research Antarctic Research Expedition will be appointed as the 2rd Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (and Captain of the Summer), and Associate Professor Nobu Nobu Sawakaki of the Faculty of Sociology of Hosei University will be appointed as the deputy captain (Captain of the Wintering). bottom.This is the first researcher belonging to a private university in history.
Reference: [National Institute of Polar Research] 62nd corps departure!Live broadcast
