A history of the environmental impact of NZ’s only mainland base: Vanda Station

• Main Authors: Webster-Brown, J.G., Hawes, I.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: University of Canterbury. Waterways Centre for Freshwater Management 2015
• Subjects: Fields of Research::41 - Environmental sciences::4104 - Environmental management::410402 - Environmental assessment and monitoring; Antarctic; Endeavour; Lake Vanda; The Antarctic; Vanda; Victoria Land; Wright Valley; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10092/11123

Vanda Station was built beside Lake Vanda in the Wright Valley, Victoria Land in 1968. It was occupied every summer field season, and occasionally over winter. In 1993 it was removed when the rising level of Lake Vanda threatened to flood the site. Vanda Station’s lifetime spanned a period of transi...