Aboa (research station)
Aboa is a seasonal Finnish research station in Antarctica, located in Queen Maud Land, about from the coast, on a nunatak called Basen in the Vestfjella Mountains.Opened in 1988, the station was designed and built by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, and funded by the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry.
The station is used in the Antarctic summer only. Currently the station has living and work space for expeditions of 15 people, and allows temporary living space for up to 21 people.
The Swedish station Wasa is located only away. Together, Aboa and Wasa form the Nordenskiöld Base and the two stations work in close cooperation.
This article includes material from Finnish Wikipedia article :fi:Aboa |Aboa, revision as of 2009-03-02.
