Research Stations
The AAD headquarters is based in Kingston, Tasmania, just south of Hobart. The division's headquarters houses laboratories for science, electronics and electron microscopy, mechanical and instrument workshops, a krill research aquarium, a herbarium, equipment stores, communications and other operational and support facilities.
The AAD maintains three permanently manned station on the Antarctic continent, and one on Macquarie Island in the sub-Antarctic:
- Casey Station (including the seasonal camp at Wilkins Runway)
- Davis Station
- Mawson Station
- Macquarie Island Station
Remote field bases operate during the summer research season supporting coastal, inland and traverse operations.
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