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No. 64 (‘Base E’, Stonington Island). All Inspections were undertaken in accordance with Article VII of the Antarctic Treaty and Article 14 of the Environmental Protocol. In line with Article 14(4) of the Protocol, reports of all Inspections undertaken were forwarded to the Treaty Parties concerned for comment. Where responses from Parties were of a minor drafting nature the proposed changes were incorporated in the relevant report. Responses of a more substantial nature are included within this report at Appendix 1. The report of the Inspection of the tourist vessel was also sent to the respective tourist operator and IAATO as well as the flag-State. 5
Itinerary HMS Endurance departed Mare Harbour, Falkland Islands on 8 February. Thereafter, the dates of Inspections were: Date (2005) Station/facility/vessel Country Status 1 10 February Comandante Ferraz Brazil P 11 February Esperanza Argentina P 11 February T/N Ruperto Elichiribehety Uruguay UO 14 February King Sejong Republic of Korea P 15 February Great Wall Peoples Republic of P China 16 February Bellingshausen Russian Federation P ‘Eco-Nelson’ Non-governmental 17 February Capitán Arturo Prat Chile UO Pedro Vicente Maldonado Ecuador UO Risopatron Chile UO 20 February Gabriel de Castilla Spain SO Base Decepción Argentina SO 21 February Juan Carlos I Spain SO St. Kliment Ochridiski Bulgaria SO 25 February Petrel Argentina SO Vice Comodoro Marambio Argentina P 26 February Unnamed Czech Station, Czech Republic UC James Ross Island 27 February MV Professor Molchanov Russian Ferderation V 28 February Yelcho Chile UO Almirante Brown Argentina UO Gabriel Gonzalez Videla Chile UO Base A, Port Lockroy UK HSM 1 March Akademik Vernadsky Ukraine P ‘Base F’ (Wordie House) Winter UK HSM Island 3 March Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel Chile UO San Martin Argentina P ‘Base E’, Stonington UK HSM Stonington- East Base USA HSM 4 March ‘Base Y’, Horseshoe Island UK HSM 5 March Rothera Research Station UK P 1 Key: P Permanent (year-round) station SO Summer-only station UO Unoccupied station UC Station under construction HSM Historic Site and Monument V Vessel 6
Page 1 and 2: ANTARCTIC TREATY INSPECTIONS 2005 R
Page 3 and 4: Contents Page Number Historic Sites
Page 5: The Inspection Team on the flight d
Page 10 and 11: GENERAL REMARKS AND CONCLUSIONS At
Page 12 and 13: An example of badly corroded and le
Page 14 and 15: • Non-Governmental Facilities The
Page 16 and 17: Some examples of Best Practice seen
Page 18 and 19: Physical Description A large, well
Page 20 and 21: An observatory building houses a Do
Page 22 and 23: The bulk fuel farm consists of 32 x
Page 24 and 25: Tourism No tourists visit Marambio
Page 26 and 27: The remaining buildings are set on
Page 28 and 29: Pollution Prevention and Control Re
Page 30 and 31: equipment storage, meteorology, com
Page 32 and 33: Science The Inspection Team noted t
Page 34 and 35: Nordenskjöld’s Swedish South Pol
Page 36 and 37: Scientific Research Ferraz operates
Page 38 and 39: Transport and Communications Ferraz
Page 40 and 41: Certain sections of the station are
Page 42 and 43: The elevated concrete footings of s
Page 44 and 45: Vehicles on the station consisted o
Page 46 and 47: Protected Areas No ASPAs are in the
Page 48 and 49: Bellingshausen was last inspected b
Page 50 and 51: One of the large (250,000 litre) bu
Page 52 and 53: The Inspection Team was shown aroun
Page 54 and 55: • An assessment should be carried
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A schematic map of Great Wall Stati
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The recently constructed generator
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Environmental Impact Assessment The
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ST KLIMENT OCHRIDISKI (BULGARIA): I
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Fuel consumption per season was 3,0
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power generation, and added storage
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Personnel At the time of the Inspec
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Glacier and mountain SAR cover is p
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GABRIEL DE CASTILLA (SPAIN): Inspec
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Seismic studies included the collec
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segregated wastes. Waste was stored
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BASE DECEPCIÓN (ARGENTINA): Inspec
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Transport and Communications One 4x
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The Team was concerned by the appar
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Auxillary buildings consist of a re
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1999 Inspection reported that this
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hazardous chemicals are stores is p
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At the centre of the isthmus and to
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The powerhouse is heated by waste h
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in rock baskets at strategic approa
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Personnel The station complement of
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visual inspections of the tanks, va
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Timely consideration needs to be gi
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and, although appearing structurall
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ALMIRANTE BROWN (ARGENTINA): Overfl
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There were no signs that the statio
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STATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION SITE OF
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HISTORIC SITES AND MONUMENTS ‘BAS
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Environmental Management Port Lockr
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‘BASE Y’, HORSESHOE ISLAND: Ins
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EAST BASE, STONINGTON ISLAND: Inspe
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VESSELS M/V PROFESSOR MOLCHANOV (FL
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Waste Management All wastes were ei
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VISITS AND MISCELLANEOUS ECO-NELSON
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YACHTS Only few yachts were encount
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PRESIDENTE EDUARDO FREI (CHILE) Dur
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Appendix 1 Responses received of a
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129 Appendix 1
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Appendix 1 PROGRAMA ANTÁRTICO BRAS
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Appendix 1 4) Transport and Communi
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Appendix 1 arrangements about produ
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Appendix 1 product, danger explosiv
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