The Polar Research Institute announced on the 17th that it is publicly recruiting teams for winter research in Antarctica for a month until the 17th of next month.
The recruitment target includes the 39th Antarctic King Sejong Station and the 13th Antarctic Jang Bogo Station winter research teams, with a total of 25 positions available. For research positions, there are 9 positions available in 6 fields: marine, geology and geophysics, biology, atmospheric science, upper atmosphere, and space science; for facility management and culinary positions, there are 16 positions available in 6 fields: mechanical equipment, heavy equipment, power generation, electrical equipment, telecommunications, and cooking.
The winter research team will be selected through document and interview screening according to the principle of 'blind recruitment,' where education level, gender, age, etc., are not included in the application documents. Facility management and culinary positions will additionally undergo written and practical assessments. The final results are expected to be announced at the end of June, and candidates' workplaces will be determined based on various factors, including the preferred base written in the application and screening results.
The selected personnel will be dispatched to the King Sejong Station in November of this year and to the Jang Bogo Station in October of this year after completing safety training and job education, and will stay at the Antarctic research base for about one year to perform assigned tasks.
The winter research team is called so because it spends the winter in Antarctica, residing there for a year while supporting the activities of research teams visiting the base and performing tasks such as operating research equipment and maintaining the base.
Applications can be submitted online through the Polar Research Institute's recruitment site. Detailed tasks by field, qualifications, and submission items can be found on the Polar Research Institute's homepage.
Shin Hyung-cheol, director of the Polar Research Institute, noted, "We are waiting for applicants who will be responsible for the next year of our country's Antarctic research station with a sense of mission as representatives of South Korea's Antarctic research. I hope for much encouragement and support for the Antarctic base and winter research teams working on the front lines of climate change research."