Arrival Heights Laboratory

Arrival Heights Laboratory is a research station in the Antarctic Specially Protected Area of Arrival Heights in Antarctica, around 2 km from McMurdo Station.

Arrival Heights ASPA 122, looking south from the foot of Second Crater. Mount Discovery in the background. In the foreground, the Antarctica New Zealand and USAP atmospheric research laboratories. The geodesic dome on the ridge houses Antarctica New Zealand's satellite communication system.

It was built in 1959 as an Auroral Radar Station to understand the nature of the aurora australis and its effect on radio communications. It now consists of two atmospheric research laboratories owned and operated by Antarctica New Zealand and the United States Antarctic Program. In 2007 Antarctica New Zealand constructed a purpose-built atmospheric research laboratory, including upper atmosphere, trace gas monitoring, geomagnetic studies, and air quality surveys, most of which are conducted by NIWA.[1][2]

It houses both New Zealand and United States instrumentation, including a Dobson ozone spectrophotometer.[1] The remote location makes the station particularly suitable for the use of instruments sensitive to local and external noise and electromagnetic interference.[1][3]

  • Arrival Heights Laboratory, circa 1993
    Arrival Heights Laboratory, circa 1993
  • Arrival Heights Laboratory, circa 2008
    Arrival Heights Laboratory, circa 2008

References
  1. "Arrival Heights". Scott Base 50 Years. Antarctica New Zealand. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. "Arrival Heights Laboratory". Kiwiblog. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  3. Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 122 (Report). Antarctic Treaty Society. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

77°49′48″S 166°39′44″E

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