Chile is organizing a major Antarctic scientific expedition for this coming austral summer that leaving from Patriot Hills' area should reach the US Amundsen-Scott base in the Southern pole, MercoPress reports. The First Chilean Antarctic Expedition to the South Pole, as it has been officially named involves Chile's three services, Army, Navy and Air Force, the Scientific Studies Center from Valdivia, Chilean Antarctic Institute, Military Geographic Institute and the regional government of Magallanes. The purpose of the operation scheduled for next November/December is collecting climate related data linked to the impact of the global warming phenomenon which is considered by Chile as one of the main scientific challenges in the coming decades given the consequences this could have in Antarctica and the rest of the world