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Progress Station Прогресс
Antarctic station
Central building of Progress Station in summer 2007
Progress StationLocation of Progress Station in Antarctica
Coordinates: 69°22′51″S 76°23′25″E / 69.380833°S 76.390278°E / -69.380833; 76.390278
Country	Soviet Union  Russia
Location in Antarctica	Larsemann Hills Antarctica
Administered by	Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Established	1 April 1988 (1988-04-01)
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Population
• Summer	50
• Winter	25
UN/LOCODE	AQ PRO
Type	All-year round
Period	Annual
Status	Operational
Activities	List Geology Geodosy Geophysics Glaciology Marine biology
Website	www.aari.nw.ru

Progress (Russian: Прогресс) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) research station in Antarctica. It is located at the Larsemann Hills antarctic oasis on the shore of Prydz Bay.

The station was established by the 33rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition on April 1, 1988, and was moved to another place on February 26, 1989 In 2000, work was temporarily halted but it reopened in 2003.

A landing field is located close to the station for air connection with other stations. From 1998 to 2001 works were performed to transfer transportation operations to Progress from the Mirny Station and make it the main support base for Vostok station.

In 2004, work began on a year-round facility at the station. On October 4, 2008, a fire broke out at the construction site resulting in the death of a construction worker and two serious injuries. The fire resulted in the complete loss of the new structure, as well as damage to the station's communications and scientific equipment.

In 2013, the construction of a new wintering complex was completed. It is a residential unit with a sauna and gym, rooms for meteorologists and radio operators, a medical care unit which doubles as a regional hospital, and its own galley.

In 2022, the wintering complex was modernized and enlarged. An additional adjacent airfield, complementing the pre-existing Progress Skiway and called Zenit after the St. Petersburg football club, was built from scratch and features a runway of 3,000 meters length and 100 meters width, which is also able to accommodate larger planes such as the Ilyushin IL-76.

Climate

See also

Progress Skiway
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Private
Location	Larsemann Hills
Elevation AMSL	289 ft / 88 m
Coordinates	69°25′51″S 76°19′55″E / 69.430723°S 76.331940°E / -69.430723; 76.331940
Map
Progress SkiwayLocation of airfield in Antarctica
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 3,280 1,000 Ice

• List of Antarctic research stations
• List of Antarctic field camps
• Airports in Antarctica

References

1. ^ Antarctic Station Catalogue (PDF) (catalogue). Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. August 2017. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-473-40409-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
2. (in Russian) Kapustin Arctica-Antarctica philatelia
3. (in Russian) Progress Station at AARI website
4. Sudhir Khandelwal (11 October 2008). "FIRE ACCIDENT AT PROGRESS, THE RUSSIAN ANTARCTIC STATION". Retrieved 2008-10-18.
5. "Новый зимовочный комплекс в Антарктиде: "курорт" среди вечной мерзлоты".
6. "New Russian runway in Antarctica starts receiving aircraft". Interfax. November 11, 2022. Archived from the original on November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
7. "Progress Station (89574)". Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.

External links

• Official website Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
• AARI Progress Station page website, contains photos and climatological data since 1989
• COMNAP Antarctic Facilities
• COMNAP Antarctic Facilities Map

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