GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s first permanent Antarctic research base . In 1983, Dakshin Gangotri, India’s first scientific base station in Antarctica was established, about 2, 500 kilometers from the South Pole.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dakshin Gangotri was the first scientific base station of India situated in Antarctica, part of the Indian Antarctic Programme. It is located at a distance of 2, 500 kilometres (1, 600 mi) from the South Pole. It is currently being used as a supply base and transit camp.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Indian Antarctic program, which began in 1981, has completed 40 scientific expeditions, and built three permanent research base stations in Antarctica, named DakshinGangotri (1983), Maitri (1988) and Bharati (2012).

Detailed explanation-4: -It is currently being used as a supply base and transit camp. The base is named after Dakshin Gangotri Glacier. It was established during the third Indian expedition to Antarctica in 1983–84. This was the first time an Indian team spent a winter in Antarctica to carry out scientific works.