On December 28, a team of 17 students from the Technical University of Eindhoven (Netherlands) will travel to Antarctica for two weeks to collect the necessary terrain information to build the unmanned Polar rover, which will operate on solar panels.. With the help of this device, they will then be able to remotely study the climate of Antarctica, according to the university's website..

“Antarctica can provide valuable information on the impacts of climate change, but research at the South Pole is expensive and not very environmentally friendly.. The Antarctica Rover, a solar-powered autonomous vehicle, should make climate research cheaper, greener and easier there, ”the university explains..

Currently, research in Antarctica is expensive and complex.. This requires research stations and large trucks, for which fuel must be delivered by air.. The Dutch government's goal is to make polar exploration as sustainable as possible, project participants explain.

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Scientists have found dozens of animal species under the Antarctic ice sheet.

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Antarctic income is expected to provide new data in the field of glaciology and meteorology, especially regarding climate change issues.

“The next ten years will be decisive for how the climate will develop. Will we stay within 1. 5 degrees warming or will be 3 degrees? It is during this critical period that we want to get as much important information as possible, ”says Van der Kroef, Director of the Netherlands Polar Program..

Antarctica experienced coldest winter on record in 2021. From April to September, the average temperature there was -68 degrees Celsius..