The army team takes care of the logistics like power-supply, heating system, maintenance and repair of the station, vehicles and transport of food, fuel and stores. They have a doctor, an Anesthetist and are expecting another doctor, an Internist to join them in June 97. The scientific team here, does work mainly in Atmospheric sciences, Geomagnetism, Meteorology, Snow studies and Physiology. During the summer, there were wildlife scientists, botanists, geologists, scientists from Land Survey and Naval Hydrography, Lake Studies and Wind Energy. The clothing, footwear and vehicles are imported.
Food is mainly canned foods, frozen and dehydrated meat and vegetables.
For entertainment, there are audio and video cassettes, indoor and outdoor games. There is also a full fledged library and gymnasium. We get our national news via email, through 'Indianet', an organization of NRIs. These days, the daylight is getting progressively shorter, with only about 6 hours of sun every day. The lake in front of our Station has completely frozen, except for the lower 4 feet.