Progress Station
title: "Progress Station" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["buildings-and-structures-completed-in-1988", "meteorological-stations", "outposts-of-antarctica", "russia-and-the-antarctic", "soviet-union-and-the-antarctic", "outposts-of-princess-elizabeth-land", "1988-establishments-in-antarctica"] topic_path: "philosophy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Station" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Progress Station |
| native_name | Прогресс |
| native_name_lang | ru |
| settlement_type | Antarctic station |
| image_skyline | Progress-ant hg.jpg |
| imagesize | 270px |
| image_caption | Central building of Progress Station in summer 2007 |
| flag_size | 110px |
| mapsize | 350px |
| pushpin_map | Antarctica |
| pushpin_relief | yes |
| pushpin_mapsize | 270 |
| pushpin_map_alt | Location of Progress Station in Antarctica |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Progress Station in Antarctica |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Soviet Union |
| Russia | |
| subdivision_type1 | Location in Antarctica |
| subdivision_name1 | Larsemann Hills |
| Antarctica | |
| subdivision_type3 | Administered by |
| subdivision_name3 | Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute |
| established_title | Established |
| established_date | |
| blank_name_sec1 | Type |
| blank_info_sec1 | All-year round |
| blank1_name_sec1 | Period |
| blank1_info_sec1 | Annual |
| blank2_name_sec1 | Status |
| blank2_info_sec1 | Operational |
| blank_name_sec2 | Activities |
| blank_info_sec2 | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 15 |
| population_as_of | 2017 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_blank1_title | Summer |
| population_blank1 | 50 |
| population_blank2_title | Winter |
| population_blank2 | 25 |
| code1_name | UN/LOCODE |
| code1_info | AQ PRO |
| website | |
| :: |
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Progress () is a Russian (formerly Soviet) research station in Antarctica. It is located at the Larsemann Hills antarctic oasis on the shore of Prydz Bay.
The station was established by the 33rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition on April 1, 1988, and was moved to another place on February 26, 1989 In 2000, work was temporarily halted but it reopened in 2003.
A landing field is located close to the station for air connection with other stations. From 1998 to 2001 works were performed to transfer transportation operations to Progress from the Mirny Station and make it the main support base for Vostok station.
In 2004, work began on a year-round facility at the station. On October 4, 2008, a fire broke out at the construction site resulting in the death of a construction worker and two serious injuries. The fire resulted in the complete loss of the new structure, as well as damage to the station's communications and scientific equipment.{{cite web | author=Sudhir Khandelwal | url=https://himalayanadventurer.blogspot.com/2008/10/fire-accident-at-progress-russian.html | title=FIRE ACCIDENT AT PROGRESS, THE RUSSIAN ANTARCTIC STATION | date=11 October 2008 | access-date=2008-10-18 }}
In 2013, the construction of a new wintering complex was completed. It is a residential unit with a sauna and gym, rooms for meteorologists and radio operators, a medical care unit which doubles as a regional hospital, and its own galley.
In 2022, the wintering complex was modernized and enlarged. An additional adjacent airfield, complementing the pre-existing Progress Skiway and called Zenit after the St. Petersburg football club, was built from scratch and features a runway of 3,000 meters length and 100 meters width, which is also able to accommodate larger planes such as the Ilyushin IL-76.{{cite web | url=https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/84853 |title=New Russian runway in Antarctica starts receiving aircraft |publisher = Interfax | date= November 11, 2022 |access-date = November 12, 2022 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20221111231027/https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/84853/ |archive-date = November 11, 2022 }}
Climate
|location = Progress Station |metric first = yes |single line = yes |temperature colour = pastel |Jan high C = 3.3 |Feb high C = 0.0 |Mar high C = -6.1 |Apr high C = -9.5 |May high C = -11.9 |Jun high C = -10.6 |Jul high C = -12.9 |Aug high C = -12.5 |Sep high C = -10.6 |Oct high C = -7.9 |Nov high C = -1.9 |Dec high C = 2.8 |year high C = |Jan mean C = 0.6 |Feb mean C = -2.6 |Mar mean C = -8.2 |Apr mean C = -12.0 |May mean C = -14.7 |Jun mean C = -13.8 |Jul mean C = -16.0 |Aug mean C = -15.9 |Sep mean C = -14.2 |Oct mean C = -11.5 |Nov mean C = -5.0 |Dec mean C = 0.3 |year mean C = |Jan low C = -1.6 |Feb low C = -4.6 |Mar low C = -10.0 |Apr low C = -14.6 |May low C = -17.5 |Jun low C = -16.1 |Jul low C = −19.1 |Aug low C = -18.1 |Sep low C = -16.1 |Oct low C = -14.1 |Nov low C = -7.7 |Dec low C = -2.1 |year low C = |precipitation colour = |Jan precipitation mm = 5.2 |Feb precipitation mm = 11.2 |Mar precipitation mm = 16.9 |Apr precipitation mm = 9.9 |May precipitation mm = 16.8 |Jun precipitation mm = 18.7 |Jul precipitation mm = 11.8 |Aug precipitation mm = 11.5 |Sep precipitation mm = 15.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 14.0 |Nov precipitation mm = 6.8 |Dec precipitation mm = 10.3 |year precipitation mm = |Jan humidity = 60.9 |Feb humidity = 59.5 |Mar humidity = 62.2 |Apr humidity = 59.5 |May humidity = 59.0 |Jun humidity = 58.8 |Jul humidity = 58.1 |Aug humidity = 58.1 |Sep humidity = 59.9 |Oct humidity = 58.9 |Nov humidity = 58.9 |Dec humidity = 60.4 |year humidity = |Jan sun = 347.3 |Feb sun = 180.1 |Mar sun = 118.4 |Apr sun = 77.6 |May sun = 14.0 |Jun sun = 0.0 |Jul sun = 5.8 |Aug sun = 66.1 |Sep sun = 124.0 |Oct sun = 228.5 |Nov sun = 332.7 |Dec sun = 365.8 |year sun = |source 1 = Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute{{cite web |url = http://www.aari.nw.ru/projects/Antarctic/data/data.asp?lang=0&station=7 |title = Progress Station (89574) |publisher = Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute |access-date = December 2, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208132246/http://www.aari.nw.ru/projects/Antarctic/data/data.asp?lang=0&station=7 |archive-date = December 8, 2015 |date=December 2015
References
References
- (August 2017). "Antarctic Station Catalogue". [[Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs]].
- {{in lang. ru [http://www.ivki.ru/kapustin/journal/dubrovin9.htm Kapustin Arctica-Antarctica philatelia]
- {{in lang. ru [http://south.aari.ru/stations/progress/progress_ru.html Progress Station] at [[AARI]] website
- "Новый зимовочный комплекс в Антарктиде: "курорт" среди вечной мерзлоты".
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