Carlini Base

Potter Cove, in the southwestern region of the King George Island (known as Isla 25 de Mayo in Argentina) in the South Shetland archipelago

was chosen around 1953 to host an Argentine naval station for amphibious aircraft support.{{cite web|url=http://www.marambio.aq/carlini.html|title=Base Carlini|publisher=Fundaciòn Marambio|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615074000/http://www.marambio.aq/carlini.html|archive-date=15 June 2013}}

The refuge was established on 21 November 1953, being temporarily called Refugio Potter and then Caleta Potter Naval Station. In the summer campaign of 1953–54 the shelter was inhabited by only three men. It was proposed to name the base after naval aviator Jose Isidro Jubany, killed on duty on 14 September 1948; the station was thus renamed as Teniente Jubany in the course of the 1954–55 campaign.

In the summer campaign of 1957–1958, two groups of scientists working for the Argentine Antarctic Institute conducted geological survey work in the area, collecting petrographic and paleontological samples to study local geological upward movements. Dr. Otto Schneider was head of the first group, and Osvaldo C. Schauer, chief of the second.

In 1982, the naval station facilities were transferred to the Argentine Antarctic Institute, and the station was upgraded to the status of base, being inaugurated as such on 12 February.

In 1990, the Alfred Wegener Institute of marine research, Germany, began talks with the Argentine National Antarctic Institute, dealing with the installation of on-site laboratories and aquariums with modern equipment for scientific research. This new facility—named Dallmann Laboratory—was inaugurated on 20 January 1994.

In 1994, the LAJUB laboratory for greenhouse effect research was installed in collaboration with the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IFA), Italy.

On 5 March 2012, by decree 309/2012 of the Executive, the base was renamed to Base Carlini, after the late researcher Dr. Alejandro Ricardo Carlini, of distinguished trajectory in Antarctic scientific studies.

On 8 December 2013, Metallica performed a concert at the base, under a small specially-built dome and without amplification due to environmental concerns. The show was streamed worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://www.metallica.com/news/journey-to-the-bottom-of-the-earth.asp|title=Journey To The BOTTOM Of The Earth|publisher=Metallica|date=24 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206231247/http://www.metallica.com/news/journey-to-the-bottom-of-the-earth.asp|archive-date=6 December 2013}}

Since its upgrade to base status in 1982, Carlini's facilities have been continuously improved; {{as of|2014|alt=as of 2014}} they include: main, emergency, technical staff and personnel houses; weather station; LAJUB Laboratory; Dallmann Laboratory; infirmary; radio station; power plant (both main and auxiliary, just for emergencies); garage and workhouse; freezing chamber; warehouse for supplies; incinerator and compactor for residues; installations for fuel pump, heat generation and fuel filtering and purification; various multiple use buildings; fuel tank array; antenna; heliport; geodetic GPS receiver station and seismography station. This adds to a maximum lodging capacity for 80 people. {{As of|2017}} it has an average winter population of 29 people.

The base is located next to a colony of more than 16,000 penguins and 650 sea lions. The usual route to reach the base includes a flight from Ushuaia to Marambio Base, and then sailing for a few days.

Carlini enables scientists from different areas to develop advanced research projects in the disciplines of the natural sciences. These tasks increase during the more active summer campaigns. For example, there have been studies on human behavior and its biochemical correlations; ecological aspects of benthic, planktonic and coastal populations; censuses within pinniped colonies (mainly elephant seals and fur seals); physical chemistry and biology of lakes, ponds and other water bodies; tracing of ecotoxicological elements in the Antarctic ecosystem; continuous monitoring of long-term sea level in geology and geophysics operations; coastal ecology and microbiology; effect of UV radiation on marine phytoplankton and bacteria; etc.

{{wide image|Base Jubany Panoramica.JPG|1024px|align-cap=center|Panoramic photo of Carlini Base, 2008 austral summer}}

The LACAR (Laboratorio Antártico Multidisciplinario Carlini) laboratories—former 'LAJUB' when the station designation was Jubany—are formed by two facilities / buildings: LACAR-Cabildo and LACAR-Catedral.

Of these two buildings, the LACAR-Cabildo is focused on hosting and maintaining different kinds of equipment—belonging to many projects—for the purposes of data collection; while the LACAR-Catedral holds four laboratories for sample handling and analysis related to various scientific disciplines.

These two buildings, like the rest of the Multidisciplinary Laboratories at the Argentinean permanent Antarctic Stations (LAMBI -at Marambio station-, LABEL -at Belgrano II station-, LABES -at Esperanza station-, LABORC -at Orcadas Station- and LASAN at San Martín station) are managed by the Scientific Coordination area of the Argentinean Antarctic Institute.

{{Weather box

|location = Carlini Base (1991–2020, extremes 1986–2022)

|metric first = Yes

|single line = Yes

|Jan record high C = 12.7

|Feb record high C = 13.6

|Mar record high C = 11.0

|Apr record high C = 8.7

|May record high C = 7.2

|Jun record high C = 8.6

|Jul record high C = 6.5

|Aug record high C = 5.4

|Sep record high C = 9.0

|Oct record high C = 9.1

|Nov record high C = 8.5

|Dec record high C = 11.5

|year record high C = 13.6

|Jan high C = 4.3

|Feb high C = 3.9

|Mar high C = 2.9

|Apr high C = 0.9

|May high C = -0.4

|Jun high C = -2.5

|Jul high C = -3.0

|Aug high C = -2.6

|Sep high C = -1.2

|Oct high C = 0.2

|Nov high C = 1.7

|Dec high C = 3.2

|year high C = 0.6

|Jan mean C = 2.2

|Feb mean C = 2.0

|Mar mean C = 0.9

|Apr mean C = -1.2

|May mean C = -2.8

|Jun mean C = -5.2

|Jul mean C = -5.8

|Aug mean C = -5.3

|Sep mean C = -3.7

|Oct mean C = -1.9

|Nov mean C = -0.2

|Dec mean C = 1.2

|year mean C = -1.6

|Jan low C = 0.4

|Feb low C = 0.2

|Mar low C = -1.2

|Apr low C = -3.4

|May low C = -5.3

|Jun low C = -8.1

|Jul low C = -9.0

|Aug low C = -8.3

|Sep low C = -6.5

|Oct low C = -4.2

|Nov low C = -2.2

|Dec low C = -0.6

|year low C = -4.0

|Jan record low C = -4.2

|Feb record low C = -7.0

|Mar record low C = -10.0

|Apr record low C = -18.5

|May record low C = -24.5

|Jun record low C = -24.0

|Jul record low C = -27.3

|Aug record low C = -25.5

|Sep record low C = -23.5

|Oct record low C = -18.0

|Nov record low C = -11.6

|Dec record low C = -9.0

|year record low C = -27.3

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 45.9

|Feb precipitation mm = 54.4

|Mar precipitation mm = 59.9

|Apr precipitation mm = 49.9

|May precipitation mm = 65.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 36.9

|Jul precipitation mm = 33.7

|Aug precipitation mm = 23.6

|Sep precipitation mm = 33.8

|Oct precipitation mm = 42.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 35.8

|Dec precipitation mm = 37.7

|year precipitation mm =

|Jan snow days = 10.1

|Feb snow days = 8.4

|Mar snow days = 12.3

|Apr snow days = 15.1

|May snow days = 16.2

|Jun snow days = 17.0

|Jul snow days = 17.5

|Aug snow days = 17.9

|Sep snow days = 17.7

|Oct snow days = 19.2

|Nov snow days = 15.6

|Dec snow days = 12.9

|year snow days = 180.1

|Jan sun = 83.7

|Feb sun = 65.0

|Mar sun = 52.7

|Apr sun = 24.0

|May sun = 12.4

|Jun sun = 0.0

|Jul sun = 3.1

|Aug sun = 18.6

|Sep sun = 45.0

|Oct sun = 55.8

|Nov sun = 84.0

|Dec sun = 93.0

|year sun =

|Jand sun = 2.7

|Febd sun = 2.3

|Mard sun = 1.7

|Aprd sun = 0.8

|Mayd sun = 0.4

|Jund sun = 0.0

|Juld sun = 0.1

|Augd sun = 0.6

|Sepd sun = 1.5

|Octd sun = 1.8

|Novd sun = 2.8

|Decd sun = 3.0

|yeard sun = 1.5

|source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (precipitation 2001–2010){{cite web

| url = https://ssl.smn.gob.ar/dpd/observaciones/estadisticas_normales_9120.zip

| title = Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1991-2020

| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

| language = es

| access-date = 16 May 2023}}{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230708235600/http://repositorio.smn.gob.ar/bitstream/handle/20.500.12160/2506/estad%C3%ADsticas_climatol%C3%B3gicas_normales_1991-2020.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y

| archive-date = 8 July 2023

| url = http://repositorio.smn.gob.ar/handle/20.500.12160/2506

| title = Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales – período 1991–2020

| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

| language = es

| access-date = 8 July 2023

| year = 2023}}

{{cite web

| url = https://www.smn.gob.ar/observaciones

| title = Estadísticas Normales del mes–Base Carlini, Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur

| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

| language = es

| access-date = 13 April 2019}}

{{cite web

| url = https://www.smn.gob.ar/estadisticas

| title = Estadísticas climáticas: Base Carlini, Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur

| work = Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo

| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

| language = es

| access-date = 13 April 2019}}

}}

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• [http://www.marambio.aq/jubany.html Fundación Marambio – Base Carlini] {{in lang|es}}
• {{official|https://cancilleria.gob.ar/es/iniciativas/dna/antartida-argentina/bases/carlini}} {{in lang|es}}

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Carlini

Category:Outposts of the South Shetland Islands

Category:Populated places established in 1953

Category:Geography of King George Island (South Shetland Islands)

Category:1953 establishments in Antarctica