There are currently (as at May, 2020) 31 countries operating in Antarctica and running 73 bases (36 summer seasonal and 37 permanent year-round).
COUNTRY | BASE NAME (Bold type indicates manned all year round) | WEBSITE FOR EMPLOYMENT or CONTACT |
Argentina | Belgrano II Brown Camara Decepcion Esperanza Calini Melchior Marambio Orcadas Petrel Primavera San Martin | https://cancilleria.gob.ar/es/iniciativas/dna/ (in Spanish) |
Australia | Casey Davis Mawson | https://jobs.antarctica.gov.au/jobs-in-antarctica/ |
Belarus | Vachernyaya | http://nasb.gov.by/rus/about/glavnaya/ Republican Centre of Polar Research Phone: +375 17 306 37 40 Fax: +375 17 306 29 34 |
Belgium | Princess Elisabeth | http://www.belspo.be/antar/ |
Brazil | Comandante Ferraz | https://www.marinha.mil.br/ (in Portuguese) |
Bulgaria | St. Kliment Ohridski | http://www.bai-bg.net/ |
Chile | Arturo Parodi Arturo Prat Escudero Frei (Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva) | http://www.inach.cl/inach/ |
Chile and Germany (Joint Base) | Bernado O’Higgins | See Chile and German entries |
China | Great Wall Kunlun Taishan Zhongshan | http://www.chinare.org.cn/ |
Czech Republic | Mendel | https://www.polar.sci.muni.cz/en/home |
Ecuador | Maldonado | http://www.inae.gob.ec/ (in Spanish) |
Finland | Aboa | https://www.antarctica.fi/ |
France | Dumont d’Urville | https://www.institut-polaire.fr/language/en/ |
France & Italy (Joint base) | Concordia | See French and Italian entries |
Germany | Kohnen Neumayer | https://www.awi.de/ |
India | Bharati Maitri | http://www.ncaor.gov.in/ |
Italy | Mario Zucchelli Mid-Point | Their website is not currently working but you can contact them via email at: direzione@enea.pnra.it |
Japan | Dome Fuji S17 Syowa / Showa | https://www.nipr.ac.jp/ |
Netherlands | Dirck Gerritsz lab (at British base-Rothera) | https://www.nwo.nl/en/research-and-results/programmes/Netherlands+Polar+Programme |
New Zealand | Scott Base | https://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/ |
Norway | Tor Troll | https://www.npolar.no/ |
Pakistan | Jinnah | Their Antarctic programme was launched by the National Institute of Oceanography so try contacting niopk.gov.pk@gmail.com |
Peru | Macchu Picchu | If you’re Spanish-speaking you may be able to find a contact through this site https://www.gob.pe/rree |
Poland | Arctowski | http://arctowski.aq/pl/o-stacji/ (in Polish) |
Romania | Law-Racovita | https://bit.ly/2WO6ANJ |
Russia | Bellingshausen Druzhnaya 4 Mirny Molodezhnaya Novolazarevskaya Progress 2 Vostok | http://www.aari.ru/ |
South Africa | SANAE IV | http://www.sanap.ac.za/ |
South Korea | Jang Bogo King Sejong | https://www.kopri.re.kr/ |
Spain | Gabriel de Castilla Juan Carlos Primero | https://bit.ly/3b6JXc9 (in Spanish) |
Sweden | Svea Wasa | https://polar.se/ |
Ukraine | Vernadsky | Their website is inaccessible as is their email but you can phone them on Tel/Fax: +38044 246 38 80 |
United Kingdom | Fossil Bluff Halley Rothera Signy Sky Blu | https://www.bas.ac.uk/ |
USA | Amundsen – Scott McMurdo Palmer Byrd | https://www.usap.gov/usapgov/jobsandopportunities/ |