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Breaking The
Bandwidth Barrier
Benefits of a Fiber Optic Cable System
“In the coming decades, plans for these
South Pole scientific platforms will result in
ten times greater data volumes than
today. Increased bandwidth is essential for
the continued progress of U.S. and
international research in Antarctica.
“The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, South
Pole Telescope, and BICEP/Keck, for
example, currently produces >1 TB of data
per day, but only transmits on the order of
100GB per day via satellite.
“This results in reduced data quality, limits
timely measurement feedback, inhibits the
ability to respond to transient events, and
causes other operational headaches.”
2021 Antarctic Subsea Cable
Workshop Report
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FOLLOW-ON STUDIES
NSF is now implementing follow-on studies to
refine the Comprehensive Desktop Study. NSF is
planning a second science workshop or panel to
articulate the science goals and objectives for
analysis and inclusion in the cable design and
route.
This
follow-up
event
can
provide
information for the potential advancement of the
subsea cable design process.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
SMART CABLES
www.smartcables.org
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on SMART Cables is
comprised of professionals from the scientific
community and the submarine cable industry. The
JTF is mandated to develop and facilitate a
strategy to combine e submarine fiber optic cable
infrastructure and environmental sensing for real-
time climate and ocean monitoring and
earthquake and tsunami disaster mitigation.
The JTF was established in 2011 by the UN
International Telecommunications Union, World
Meteorological Organization, and UNESCO
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.
Join and Support the JTF:
www.smartcables.org/jtf
S Y S T E M L E N G T H
Approximately
5,000-6,400 kilometers
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Desktop Study, or visit: https://media.gbs1.com/antarctica_dts
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