A decompression chamber in containers of the Teseo Tesei Underwater and Raiders Group (COMSUBIN) of the Italian Navy has arrived in Antarctica, at the Italian base Mario Zucchelli.
As a result of an agreement between the Italian Armed Forces and the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), this precious structure of the COMSUBIN Underwater Operations Group will allow divers who are part of the 38 ^ Italian expedition to Antarctica to support underwater research in all scientific projects that will be conducted under the pack or in the open sea.
Twenty-three Italian soldiers of the Italian Army, Italian Navy, Italian Air Force and Carabinieri take part in the 2022-23 summer campaign whose expected duration is 4 months. The Defense specialists, within the specific skills of the Italian Armed Forces to which they belong, support the PNRA, for external campaigns, naval and underwater activities, helicopter and aircraft operations, weather forecasts and completion of the landing strip on land contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the expedition.
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