Mendel Polar Station

Mendel Polar Station (Czech: Mendelova polární stanice) is a Czech research station in Antarctica on the coast of James Ross Island. It was founded by a Czech polar explorer Pavel Prošek. The official opening ceremony took place in February 2007 and made the Czech Republic the 26th country to have its own scientific base on the continent. The station is the property of Masaryk University in Brno and was named after the father of modern genetics, the meteorologist Gregor Johann Mendel. Thanks to the research carried out at the station, the Czech Republic is one of the countries who have a voting right in the Antarctic Treaty System.

Mendel Station
Mendelova polární stanice
Antarctic station
Johann Gregor Mendel Czech Antarctic station
Mendel Station
Location of Mendel Station in Antarctica
Coordinates: 63°48′02″S 57°52′56″W
Country Czech Republic
Location in AntarcticaJames Ross Island
Graham Land
Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica
Administered byMasaryk University
Established22 February 2007 (2007-02-22)
Named forGregor Mendel
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Summer
20
 • Winter
0
TypeSeasonal
PeriodSummer
StatusOperational
Activities
List
  • Botany
  • Climatology
  • Geocryology
  • Glaciology
  • Limnology
  • Hydrology
  • Microbiology
WebsitePolar Research at Masaryk University
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