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India's new Antarctic Research Station :: Check It Out !! ( Source- defence News India)

India's Bharati Station in Antarctic ( Source- DefenceNews.In / Author) Source- The Defence News India Bharati, our newest Antarctic Research station looks almost space-agey. Designed by German architectural firm, BOF Architekten, this space station is pretty amazing but it is not the first. This is the third Indian research station in the Antarctic, the first one, Dakshin Gangotri, was set up between 1983-84 after India became a part of the Antarctic Treaty System. Since the Antarctic is not a part of any country, 52 countries have come to an agreement to be able to occupy the Antarctic land, but only for research. Unfortunately, Dakshin Gangotri was abandoned in 1989 when it got submerged. After that India established Maitri, in 1990, which is still functional. The National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), which runs these stations, then gave the go ahead to BOF Architekten for the construction of Bharati in 2009. This was ready by 2013.