United States Antarctic Program
The United States Antarctic Program is an organization of the United States government which has a presence in the Antarctica continent. Founded in 1959, the USAP manages all U.S. scientific research and related logistics in Antarctica as well as aboard ships in the Southern Ocean.
USAP hangar at Christchurch International Airport, Christchurch, New Zealand
Research stations in Antarctica
Multiple governments have set up permanent research stations in Antarctica and these bases are widely distributed. Unlike the drifting ice stations set up in the Arctic, the current research stations of the Antarctic are constructed either on rocks or on ice that are fixed in place.
"Omond House", the first permanent base, constructed in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
View of Chile's Captain Arturo Prat Base, established in 1947