| Summary: | The science enabled by the deep and high-cadence survey that will be performed by the Vera Rubin Observatory has led to an increase of survey and follow-up capabilities around the world. The infrared, has however, not match this growth due to the challenges caused by the atmospheric and the cost of large detector arrays. In this paper, we present solutions to resolve these challenges and a path toward an Antarctic observatory capable matching the volumetric speed of the Vera Rubin Observatory survey in the infrared k-band. We will detail the current state of infrared survey telescopes, demonstrate the benefits of Antarctic high-plateau for such observations, and show some of the development made in detector technologies to make large detector arrays a reality for such application. © 2023 The Authors. Astronomische Nachrichten published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The telescope work was performed under the auspices of the National Science Foundation under grant AST 2010041. The detector development is based upon work supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant No. NNX13AH70G issued through the APRA Program and by the National Science Foundation under Awards 1207827 and 1509716 through the ATI Program. Open access publishing facilitated by Australian National University, as part of the Wiley - Australian National University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians. In Press - Astron_Nachr_-_2023_-_Travouillon_-_Ultra_wide‐field_infrared_astronomy_in_Antarctica.pdf
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