The Republic of Korea first constructed a permanent year‐round base named King Sejong Station on King George Island near the northern Antarctic Peninsula in 1988 (inset map in Fig. 1). Given the distance from the Antarctic continent, however, the extent of in‐depth research and international collaboration at this first station has been limited. In this context, construction of a second scientific research station on the mainland of Antarctica was proposed in 2004 (Hong et al. , 2005), and six candidate sites were selected in 2007 (Lee et al. , 2012). Korean government experts, including scientists from the KOPRI (Lee et al. , 2012), conducted field investigations and assessed the candidate sites from 2007 to early 2010. Considering the research planned for the new station, the potential environmental impact, logistical convenience, and existing international research network, the assessment and three open hearings held in Korea resulted in selection of the final site on the coast of Terra Nova Bay (TNB; 74°37.4′ S, 164°13.7′ E) in northern Victoria Land (Fig. 1). A paper supporting this choice was submitted to the XXXIII Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in May 2010. The station was named Jang Bogo, after a distinguished figure in Korean history who built the marine Silk Road to enable the international exchange of goods and culture in the ninth century. In TNB, there is an Italian summer research station, Mario Zucchelli station, which is ∼10 km away to the southwest from Jang Bogo Station (Fig. 1), and we visited the station by helicopter from the construction site of Jang Bogo Station to discuss future research and sharing facilities. Figure 1. The Mt. Melbourne area, showing the seismic stations, topography, and ice velocity. The digital elevation model from Bamber et al. (2009) overlies the ice velocity data from Rignot et al. (2011). The boundary of grounded …