Current Affairs Czech mission in the Antarctic does valuable research
Last Saturday, Czech scientists from a number of institutions set out on their latest research trip to the Czech base in the Antarctic- located on James Ross Island. At the base, which was established in 2006, Czech biologists, climate experts and geologists engage in valuable on-site research. Zdeněk Venera is the director of the Czech Geological Survey in Prague, who was a member of the 2008 and 2009 Antarctic research team, talks about his time in the Antarctic and the logistics of getting there.
Johann Gregor Mendel Base, photo: National Geographic
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