Scientific Expedition from ITU to Antarctica!

On February 6, a research team set off from Istanbul for the 9th Antarctic Science Expedition (TAE IX). Our faculty member Prof. Dr. Burcu Özsoy is serving as the National Antarctic Science Expedition Coordinator, while our other faculty members from the Department of Geomatics Engineering, Prof. Dr. Hasan Hakan Yavaşoğlu and Dr. Mustafa Fahri Karabulut, and Özgün Oktar from the Department of Maritime Transportation and Management Engineering are also part of the team.

The 9th National Antarctic Science Expedition, which set off from Istanbul Airport on February 6 with an international team of 20 people, began under the auspices of the Turkish Presidency, coordinated by the Ministry of Industry and Technology, and TÜBİTAK MAM Polar Research Institute (KARE).

In the team where our faculty member from the Department of Maritime Transportation and Management Engineering, Prof. Dr. Burcu Özsoy, serves as the National Antarctic Science Expedition Coordinator, our faculty members from the Department of Geomatics Engineering, Prof. Dr. Hasan Hakan Yavaşoğlu and Dr. Mustafa Fahri Karabulut, as well as Özgün Oktar from the Department of Maritime Transportation and Management Engineering, are also included. The team is expected to undertake significant work in various fields such as climate change, polar ecosystem, earth sciences, and atmospheric sciences in Antarctica.

"Antarctica is the black box of the planet," said our faculty member and National Antarctic Science Expedition Coordinator, Prof. Dr. Burcu Özsoy, emphasizing that the research conducted here will shed light on the future by analyzing data from the past. As part of the expedition, the team will make discoveries in numerous fields such as ecosystem, environmental chemistry, and biotechnology on the Antarctic continent and will carry out 19 scientific projects. Additionally, a measurement station will be established to conduct near-space observations on the continent in collaboration with the USA. These studies aim to make significant contributions to the scientific world.

We wish success to all researchers following the path of science in Antarctica.