Support to users for direct measurements and experiments on infrastructure facilities.

Multi-methodological approach for biological activity assessment of Antarctic autotrophs.

Accomodation including meals, 2 laboratories, technical workshop, cabotage (rubber boats), support to the field camps.

Taxonomical determination of Antarctic microbial communities.

Photobioreactor experiments with autotrophic extremophiles.

Isolation and cultivation of Antarctic extremophile microorganisms.

Automatic monitoring systems with several radiometers.

Advanced chlorophyll fluorescence methods for the stress study of Antarctic autotrophic extremophiles.

Data processing and supply of meteorological outputs.

Automatic micrometeorological station with sub-surface sensors.

Data collection of basic meteorological parameters. Automatic weather stations in different locations and altitude.

Cryoresistance assessment of Antarctic lichen symbiotic algae and cyanobacteria.

Mass balance and flow-velocity data of small land-terminating glaciers collection.

UV-B radiation resistance assessment of polar photothrophs.

Permafrost active layer transect and plots with instruments for year-round measurements of surface temperature, ground heat flux, ground temperature and soil water content in shallow borehole. System includes fully equipped automatic weather stations.

Differential GPS measurements as the support for precise field position measurements.

Instruments and sensors for year-round measurements of the shortwave incoming and outgoing radiation, global UV radiation, UV-A and UV-B radiation, erythemally effective UV radiation.

Glacier mass balance and flow velocity monitoring system on three small land-terminating glaciers. System includes automatic weather stations equipped with air temperature, relative air humidity, wind speed and direction, and snow depth sensors.

Field fluorometric measurement system of photosynthetic activities of mosses and lichens.

Zodiac rubber boats for cabotage (logistic supportto the RI´s users).

Binocular stereo microscope for low magnification observation using incident light illumination for sample preparation and fixation located in the J. G. Mendel Station´s laboratory.

Open-Top Chambers systems for assessing the impact of global warming on Antarctic non-vascular plants installed on three ecologically different types of sites.

Instruments and sensors for year-round measurements of atmospheric pressure, air temperature, relative air humidity, wind speed and direction, and snow depth.