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Ferraz Station

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This remote science facility was the result of an intensive and collaborative design competition for Brazil’s Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station. The new 32,400 square-foot research/living/working habitat with separate operations and maintenance facilities of 11,300 square feet is located on the Keller Peninsula, King George Island,...

NCAOR – India Research Station

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In 2006, Ferraro Choi participated in a competitive selection process for the design of a new 25-person Antarctic research station for India’s National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR). Ferraro Choi was invited to the table because of the firm’s deep experience in designing...

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

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Completed in 2010, the new Amundsen-Scott station is strategically situated at the geographic South Pole, at an elevation of 2,800 meters. The station sits on a 2700-meter-thick glacier that moves with a velocity of 11 meters per year. It is one of the premier...