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Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, Brazilian Base Operated by the Navy Receives Support from Petrobras Through the Brazilian Antarctic Program (Proantar)
Brazilian researchers at the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, where, in a partnership between the Navy and Petrobras, research is conducted in the areas of environment, meteorology, biodiversity, and chemistry, have a somewhat unusual routine. Job openings by a construction company require professionals with elementary and high school education
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Imagine leaving the office and encountering the largest desert in the world, spanning over 14 million km², with only penguins and elephant seals as neighbors. This is the routine of Brazilian researchers at the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.
An immense frozen desert, larger than the territories of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia combined. The driest, coldest, and highest continent in the world, with temperatures reaching -93ºC.
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The Antarctic holds immense potential for scientific discoveries. Therefore, since the late 19th century, a true journey of knowledge has been undertaken toward the South Pole, currently home to researchers from twenty-nine countries, including Brazil.
The PROANTAR, Brazilian Antarctic Program, was initiated in 1982 and, since 1984, has maintained the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station (EACF) on the continent, a research base operated by the Brazilian Navy.
We know that scientific advancement does not occur without collaboration; therefore, we have been contributing with the energy that powers the ships, helicopters, and planes of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) designated to transport researchers on their missions across this inhospitable territory.
The characteristics of the region require Petrobras fuels adapted to low temperatures and capable of maintaining their properties without changes up to about -40 degrees. Produced at the Duque de Caxias Refinery (REDUC) and the Gabriel Passos Refinery (REGAP), these fuels also ensure the proper functioning of the station’s electric power generators.
About the Brazilian Station in Antarctica
The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station has 4,500 square meters, 17 laboratories, and can accommodate up to 64 people. With the current cooperation agreement between Petrobras and the Navy, which foresees investments of approximately R$ 400 million over the next five years, research, missions of researchers and teams to the region, purchase of equipment for the ships and laboratories, development of special fuels for the Antarctic environment, among other activities, will be made feasible. Our partnership with Proantar has existed since 1987.
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