Japan has been sending research teams to Antarctica since the 1950s and has built several stations, including Syowa Station, to study weather patterns and unearth secrets buried in the ice, in order to help preserve the global environment. In the previous article, “Hitachi and Antarctica: 60 Years at the End of the Earth,” we looked at why Hitachi employees started joining the expeditions and the history of Hitachi’s support for power generation. This second article describes the various hardships that Hitachi employees have faced, and relates some of the unusual stories from Antarctica.
