  Antarctica offers unique conditions for ground-based observations, such as
low sky background in the infrared, improved seeing, and low turbulence and
scintillation noise. These properties are particularly beneficial to imaging,
precision photometry, and infrared observations. It may be less clear if
Antarctica offers equally compelling advantages for spectroscopy, in particular
in the optical domain. However, scientific programmes that make use of imaging
(or 3D) spectroscopy for selected follow-up studies of IR surveys, long-term
monitoring of extended targets and resolved stellar population studies in
crowded fields, also benefit from the site conditions at Dome C.
