Four RI researchers to join Antarctic team<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Agency for Technology Application and
\nAssessment (BPPT) is planning to send four of its researchers on
\nthe South-Arctic Expedition next month.<\/p>\n
Two of the four Indonesian candidates are Muhammad Evri, and
\nFadli Syamsuddin. They will be leaving for Australia on Aug. 17
\nto join other researchers from Australia, New Zealand and the
\nUnited States on board the Aurora Australis expedition boat.<\/p>\n
The two other researchers, Bugi Wiku Wicaksono and Muhammad
\nIlyas, will be posted to a station in Hobart on Tasmania to stand
\nin for Muhammad and Fadli in case of emergencies.<\/p>\n
The candidates have yet to undergo health tests to determine
\nwhether they are suitable for the expedition.<\/p>\n
Indrojono Soesilo, head of the agency's natural resources
\ntechnological inventory, said that the researchers' participation
\nis in conjunction with the celebration of Aerospace and Maritime
\nYear.<\/p>\n
\"This is the first time that Indonesian researchers have taken
\npart in an international scientific expedition to the South
\npole,\" Indrojono said.<\/p>\n
He stressed, however, the difference between this expedition
\nand \"adventurous\" expeditions conducted by other groups in the
\ncountry.<\/p>\n
At a press conference yesterday, the researchers said they
\nwould focus their study on the role of the southern oceans' tidal
\nwaves circulation on climactic changes. Previous studies had been
\nconducted on Indonesian waters by the state-owned Baruna Jaya
\nresearch boat.<\/p>\n
Muhammad Evri pointed out that it is important for Indonesia
\nto join such expeditions, given its geographical position which
\nmakes it greatly influenced by global climactic changes.<\/p>\n
The expedition is being conducted jointly by the Department of
\nthe Environment, Sport and Territories of the Australian
\nAntarctic Division, and BPPT.<\/p>\n
The expedition is a part of the World Ocean Circulation
\nExperiment program.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian researchers, aged 26 to 30, will start the
\nexpedition from Hobart on Aug. 22. The expedition is scheduled to
\nend on Sep. 24.<\/p>\n
The Aurora Australis ship is specially designed for arctic
\nexpeditions. It is capable of breaking ice up to 1.2 meters thick
\nat a speed of 2.5 knots or approximately five kilometers an hour.
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