Monday, July 27, 2009

India to Build New Antarctic Base in January 2010

Here is a news story about India announcing that they will build their third Antarctic Base. They plan to begin building it in January 2010 (Antarctic summer). They hope to get it finished and operating within two years. The base is to be located in the Larsemann Hills region, which the article says broke is part of Antarctica that broke off from the Indian Peninsula 120 million years ago.