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Ministry of Earth Sciences
National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)

ANTARCTIC INTELLIGENCE & NAVIGATION SYSTEMAINDS

Operational
Notice44th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (ISEA) Operations • Voyage Planning Portal
Telemetry Stream: Active
SMART INDIA HACKATHON • POLAR & OCEAN INTELLIGENCE

AI-Powered Antarctic Navigation Intelligence

Forecast sea-ice conditions, predict iceberg trajectories and identify safer, fuel-efficient navigation routes for Antarctic research vessels using multi-source satellite, oceanographic and meteorological datasets.

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LIVE DATA STATUS(Demo / Simulated Data Mode)
Sea-Ice DataAvailable
Ocean DataAvailable
Weather DataAvailable
Iceberg DataAvailable
Model StatusOperational

Key Decision Support Capabilities

Government of India Polar Science Framework
6–72 hour forecast

1. SEA-ICE FORECAST

Forecast Antarctic Sea-Ice Concentration using spatiotemporal ConvLSTM + U-Net deep learning over 6–72h horizons.

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Active Trajectories

2. ICEBERG INTELLIGENCE

Detect, track and forecast iceberg trajectories (A23a, D30) using satellite SAR and environmental hydrodynamic drift physics.

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4D Spatiotemporal

3. NAVIGATION RISK

Generate spatial-temporal 4D risk maps combining ice concentration, iceberg hazard buffers, weather, and GEBCO bathymetry.

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Multi-Objective

4. ROUTE OPTIMIZATION

Generate vessel-aware routes optimized for safety, fuel consumption and ETA using Pareto-A* graph search.

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🇮🇳Indian Scientific Stations in Antarctica (NCPOR Operations)

Current environmental status and maritime approach access corridors.

Route to Stations
Maitri Station
70°46′S, 11°44′E (Est. 1989)
Operational
Located in Schirmacher Oasis, Queen Maud Land. Maritime approach via Astrid Ridge.
Pack Ice: 42%Wind: 18 knTemp: -8.4°C
Bharati Station
69°24′S, 76°11′E (Est. 2012)
Operational
Located in Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay. Maritime access via Amery coastal polynya.
Pack Ice: 38%Wind: 14 knTemp: -6.2°C
Dakshin Gangotri
70°05′S, 12°00′E (Est. 1983)
Historic Memorial
India's first Antarctic base, currently maintained as a historical site and supply depot.
Ice Shelf Depth: 320mSubmerged

Multi-Source Satellite & Earth Observation

Continuous ingestion from NSIDC/NOAA passive microwave radiometry, Copernicus Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), ERA5 atmospheric wind vectors, and GEBCO 2024 bathymetry.

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Transparent AI Validation & Backtesting

Rigorous validation against historical expeditions: ConvLSTM sea-ice forecasts maintain 2.84% MAE, and iceberg trajectory models achieve 4.18 km 24h Average Displacement Error (ADE).

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