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Transportable Antarctic Research Platform (TARP-04) deployed on the Chajnantor Plateau

Our Transportable Antarctic Research Platform (TARP-04) became operational in July 2016 on the Chajnantor plateau (located at 5,200 meters above sea level in the Atacama desert, nearby the ALMA Observatory). TARP-04 is a twin unit of TARP-02, deployed by the University of Santiago (USACH) early 2015 on King George Island (62° 12’ S; 58° 57’ W, Antarctic Peninsula).  TARP-04 is fitted […]
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Transportable Antarctic Research Platform (TARP-02) on King George Island becomes operational

Early 2015, the University of Santiago, in close collaboration with the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH), deployed its second Transportable Antarctic Research Platform (TARP-02) on King George Island (62° 12’ S; 58° 57’ W, Antarctic Peninsula). The roughly 10 Tons platform has just become operational supporting state-of-the-art spectral measurements aimed at the retrieval of the total […]
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