▁int ends ▁to ▁do ▁bi op ros pect ing , ▁e colog ical ▁and ▁weather ▁forec ast ing , ▁measurement ▁of ▁se ism ic ▁and ▁geom agnet ic ▁activity ▁and ▁gather ing ▁of ▁data ▁regarding ▁radio ▁communication ▁inter ference . ▁ ▁The ▁station ▁is ▁built ▁from ▁anti - cor ros ive ▁and ▁therm o - is ol ating ▁materials , ▁and ▁it ▁consists ▁of ▁a ▁labor atory , ▁a ▁radio ▁station , ▁five ▁bed rooms ▁and ▁a ▁fuel ▁dep ot . ▁ ▁Future ▁plans ▁ ▁Of ▁the ▁ 1 3 ▁polar ▁exped itions ▁he ▁participated ▁in , ▁eight ▁were ▁led ▁and ▁organized ▁by ▁N ego i ţ ă . ▁ ▁N ego i ţ ă ▁expressed ▁des ires ▁to ▁do ▁research ▁on ▁the ▁Lars emann ▁hills ▁by ▁gather ing ▁samples ▁from ▁the ▁soil ▁and ▁la kes ▁and ▁carrying ▁out ▁medical ▁tests , ▁poll ution ▁studies ▁and ▁climate ▁change ▁surve ys . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁interested ▁in ▁gather ing ▁micro - organ isms ▁and ▁meteor ite ▁samples ▁from ▁the ▁ice . ▁ ▁N ego i ţ ă ▁was ▁disappoint ed , ▁however , ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁trouble ▁fund ing ▁Ant ar ctic ▁exped itions . ▁The ▁total ▁expedition ▁cost ▁for ▁three ▁research ers ▁to ▁mobil ise ▁for ▁three ▁months ▁could ▁be ▁ 2 5 , 0 0 0 ▁euro . ▁ ▁He ▁said , ▁" I ▁started ▁to ▁cry ▁on ▁my ▁own ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁fro zen ▁ice ▁land ▁– ▁thinking ▁of ▁the ▁luck ▁ ▁the ▁Chinese ▁and ▁Russian ▁research ers ▁were