Four expeditions, supported by ENEA (Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile) and CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), will be carried out (one per Austral summer):

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- The first expedition (2023) mainly focused on the installation of the monitoring network on Melbourne, on geochemical, volcanological and topographical surveys in the ice caves. 

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- The second expedition (2024) mainly focused on the installation of the monitoring network on Melbourne and Rittmann, on geochemical, volcanological and topographical surveys in the ice caves and on the maintenance of the instruments installed in the previous expedition. 

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- The third expedition mainly focused on the improvement of the networks installed on Melbourne and Rittmann, on the maintenance of the instruments installed during the previous expeditions, on geochemical, volcanological and topographical surveys of ice caves on Mt. Melbourne and Rittmann. 

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- The fourth expedition will mainly focus on the maintenance of the instruments installed during the previous expeditions, on geochemical, volcanological and topographical surveys of ice caves on Mt. Melbourne and Rittmann. 

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During each expedition the personnel lived in the Mario Zucchelli base.