The 28th Soviet Antarctic Expedition was an expedition to
Antarctica undertaken by the
Soviet Union and the
German Democratic Republic from 1982 to 1984.[1] It was led by N. Kornilov and A. Artemyev.[1] The summer Soyuz station was established during this expedition.[2][3]
Extensive hydrological data of the lakes in Central Wohlthat Massif was conducted on this expedition.[4] An 885 m (2,904 ft) ice core, called the Komosmolskaia ice core, was extracted in 1983.[5]
Although the GDR could not build a research station as a result of not having signed the
Antarctic Treaty, it operated a research station near the Soviet
Novolazarevskaya station.[6]
In 1983, six Germans joined the 28th Soviet Antarctic Expedition to research
meteorology, physics of the upper atmosphere,
geology and
geophysics.[6]