Open AccessInformation and Communication Technology in Antarctica
Author(s) -
Peter Yates
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of telecommunications and the digital economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.202
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2203-1693
DOI - 10.18080/jtde.v3n4.29
Subject(s) - commonwealth , telecommunications , backhaul (telecommunications) , the internet , communications satellite , bay , telecommunications service , computer science , satellite , engineering , geography , oceanography , world wide web , geology , wireless , archaeology , aerospace engineering
The Australian Antarctic Division has a long history of providing telecommunications as part of the support provided to expeditioners within the Australian Antarctic Territory. Since the days when Mawson’s expedition in 1911 setup the first transmitter at Commonwealth Bay, the Division has provided continuous and increasingly sophisticated telecommunications capability that now includes data to support medical services, science, education and Internet access. The provision of telecommunications to Antarctica relies on satellite transmission for backhaul.