The Spanish Antarctic Base "Juan Carlos I" is 25 years old.
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The camp was set up in 1986 by Antoni Ballester, Josefina Castellví, Joan Rovira and Agustí Julià of CSIC at the Livingston Island, Antarctica. A year later, in 1987-88, the Spanish Antarctic Base (BAE) "Juan Carlos I" was officially founded. The BAE is currently managed by the Marine Technology Unit (UTM-CSIC).
After 25 years working, the BAE "Juan Carlos I" has changed considerably, and is currently in the process of remodeling in order to achieve, at least, other 25 years dedication for science. At present, 11 people are working there, studying dynamics of glaciers, lichens, geomagnetism, ionospheric emissions, meteorology and climate change.
Since 2009, his manager and leader is Jorge Felipe (UTM), which in a recent interview published in the newspaper Publico, said: "Our situation is much more comfortable than Ballester's team lived 25 years ago, including improved substantially. Now we have internet, telemedicine, video conferencing ... But Antarctica is still an inhospitable area to explore by scientists with temperatures up to 80 centigrade degrees below zero and winds of 300 kilometers per hour. "
