| Progress Station | |
| Native Name: | Прогресс |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Settlement Type: | Antarctic station |
| Flag Size: | 110px |
| Mapsize: | 350px |
| Pushpin Map: | Antarctica |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Progress Station in Antarctica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Progress Station in Antarctica |
| Coordinates: | -69.3808°N 76.3903°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Location in Antarctica |
| Subdivision Type3: | Administered by |
| Subdivision Name3: | Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Type |
| Blank Info Sec1: | All-year round |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Period |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Annual |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Status |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Operational |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Activities |
| Elevation M: | 15 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Summer |
| Population Blank1: | 50 |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Winter |
| Population Blank2: | 25 |
| Code1 Name: | UN/LOCODE |
| Code1 Info: | AQ PRO |
Progress (Russian: Прогресс) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) research station in Antarctica. It is located at the Larsemann Hills antarctic oasis on the shore of Prydz Bay.
The station was established by the 33rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition[2] on April 1, 1988, and was moved to another place on February 26, 1989[3] In 2000, work was temporarily halted but it reopened in 2003.
A landing field is located close to the station for air connection with other stations. From 1998 to 2001 works were performed to transfer transportation operations to Progress from the Mirny Station and make it the main support base for Vostok station.
In 2004, work began on a year-round facility at the station. On October 4, 2008, a fire broke out at the construction site resulting in the death of a construction worker and two serious injuries. The fire resulted in the complete loss of the new structure, as well as damage to the station's communications and scientific equipment.[4]
In 2013, the construction of a new wintering complex was completed. It is a residential unit with a sauna and gym, rooms for meteorologists and radio operators, a medical care unit which doubles as a regional hospital, and its own galley.[5]
In 2022, the wintering complex was modernized and enlarged. An additional adjacent airfield, complementing the pre-existing Progress Skiway and called Zenit after the St. Petersburg football club, was built from scratch and features a runway of 3,000 meters length and 100 meters width, which is also able to accommodate larger planes such as the Ilyushin IL-76.[6]
| Progress Skiway | |
| Type: | Private |
| Location: | Larsemann Hills |
| Elevation-F: | 289 |
| Elevation-M: | 88 |
| Coordinates: | -69.4307°N 76.3319°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Antarctica |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airfield in Antarctica |
| R1-Length-F: | 3,280 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,000 |
| R1-Surface: | Ice |