The refers to a series of Japanese Antarctic expeditions for

scientific research The scientific method is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science since at least the 17th century (with notable practitioners in previous centuries; see the article history of scientific m ...

. The first JARE expedition was launched in 1957 to coordinate with the International Geophysical Year. This was the team which left 15 dogs, including Taro and Jiro, behind after an emergency evacuation in February 1958. Expeditions to the Antarctic took place from 1968 to 1977, and ice cores were drilled on these expeditions, mostly at

Mizuho Mizuho () literally means "abundant rice" in Japanese and "harvest" in the figurative sense. It was also an ancient name of Japan. It might refer to: Places * Mizuho, Gifu, a city in Gifu * Mizuho, Tokyo, a town in Tokyo * Mizuho Plateau in A ...

. A later instance was an ecological expedition studying the ecosystems near Showa Station in

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. The project was first undertaken in February 1986. It was associated with the international BIOTAS program, which also launched in 1986.

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studies of some organisms (particularly plants and small animals) were carried out by the expedition. The current research expedition is and began in November 2018 as part of the "Japanese Antarctic Research Project Phase IX".

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, BIOSPHERE, AQUATIC+ECOSYSTEMS, RIVERS%2FSTREAM+HABITAT&OrigMetadataNode=GCMD&EntryId=JP_ANTARCTIC_JARE_ECOSYS&MetadataView=Full&MetadataType=0&lbnode=mdlb3 NASA site detailing the 1986 expedition
{{Authority control Antarctic expeditions Japanese Antarctic Program Expeditions from Japan 1968 establishments in Japan