Jang Bogo Base

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Nine kilometres inland, Korea's year-round Jang Bogo Base opened in 2014 and houses 62 people at its summer peak. It's named after a historic Korean mariner and was planned with zero waste discharge in both its building phase and its operating phase. Scientists here study everything from meteorites to climate change.