20254Month24Associate Professor Mizobata Kohei of the Department of Marine Environmental Sciences at the Antarctic Research Expedition Return Party, held at the Meiji Memorial Hall on the 20th, was awarded the prize.

[Award details]
Associate Professor Mizobata has been a member of the Antarctic Research Expedition for several years.^*1In addition to participating in the Antarctic Research Project for many years and contributing to high-precision observation of the Southern Ocean, in recent years the university has been conducting key research and observation activities using the icebreaker "Shirase" and the university's training ship "Umitaka-Maru."^*2The award was given in recognition of the contributions made to research and observation in the Antarctic Research Expedition to date.

■1: No.60Next team (2018Year), No.61Next team (2019Year), No.64Next team (2022Year), No.65Next team (2023Year), No.66Next team (2024year)
■2: Ⅹth Antarctic Research Expedition Plan Priority Research and Observation Sub-theme2First4Theme: "Understanding ice sheet-sea ice-ocean interactions and material circulation in East Antarctica"

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Associate Professor Mizobata (far right in the photo)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(Photo provided by the National Institute of Polar Research)

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