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Concordia Station
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Concordia Research Station, which opened in 2005, is a French–Italian research facility managed by l'Institut polaire français Paul-Émile Victor and Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide, that
Concordia Research Station at dome Circe, Charlie or Concordia.
Concordia Research Station at dome Circe, Charlie or Concordia.
The main part of the summer camp at Dome C (Concordia) Station in January 2005
The main part of the summer camp at Dome C (Concordia) Station in January 2005
Part of a traverse, which was bringing fuel, food, and other supplies from Dumont d'Urville Station to Dome C (January 2005)
Part of a traverse, which was bringing fuel, food, and other supplies from Dumont d'Urville Station to Dome C (January 2005)
Frozen face of wintering personnel (Christophe Mozer) during first Dome C winterover (2005)
Frozen face of wintering personnel (Christophe Mozer) during first Dome C winterover (2005)
Research stations in Antarctica
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Multiple governments have set up permanent research stations in Antarctica and these bases are widely distributed. Unlike the drifting ice stations set up in the Arctic, the current research stations
Concordia Station
…Antarctica because of its elevated location and its relative distance from the edges of the Antarctic Plateau. Typical wind speed in winter is 2.8 m/s. List of research stations in Antarctica List of Antarctic field camps…
The first base on Antarctica of Carstens Borchgrevink's Southern Cross Expedition (1899). The hut (HSM 22) still stands and is located on Cape Adare,
The first base on Antarctica of Carstens Borchgrevink's Southern Cross Expedition (1899). The hut (HSM 22) still stands and is located on Cape Adare, the cape where in 1895 Borchgrevnik participated in the first documented landing on Antarctica.
"Omond House", the oldest permanent base on an Antarctic island, constructed in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, which is today Orc
"Omond House", the oldest permanent base on an Antarctic island, constructed in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, which is today Orcadas Base
Orcadas Base, c. 1927
Orcadas Base, c. 1927
Discovery Hut (1902) at Hut Point Peninsula of Ross Island, Antarctica, one of the earliest repeatedly temporarily used dwellings on Antarctica. In th
Discovery Hut (1902) at Hut Point Peninsula of Ross Island, Antarctica, one of the earliest repeatedly temporarily used dwellings on Antarctica. In the background, McMurdo Station, the largest on Antarctica today, with cargo operations of the supply ship MV American Tern of Operation Deep Freeze 2007.