Description
Vostok Research Station is located at 78°27′51.92″S 106°50′14.38″E / 78.4644222°S 106.8373278°E / -78.4644222; 106.8373278Coordinates: 78°27′51.92″S 106°50′14.38″E / 78.4644222°S 106.8373278°E / -78.4644222; 106.8373278, about 1,300 km from the Geographic South Pole, at the center of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet and within the Australian Antarctic Territory. As a signatory to the Antarctic Treaty System, Australia does not exercise sovereignty over the territory.
Vostok is located near the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility and the South Geomagnetic Pole, making it one of the optimal places to observe changes in the Earth's magnetosphere. Other studies include actinometry, geophysics, medicine and climatology.
The station is at 3,488 meters (11,444 ft) above sea level and is one of the most isolated established research stations on the Antarctic continent. The station was supplied from Mirny Station on the Antarctic coast. The station typically contains 25 scientists and engineers in the summer. In winter, their number drops to 13.
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