#Research Stations

[mapsontheweb]

European countries with research station on Antarctica

by geo.facts_

Out of the 29 countries with stations in the Antarctic continent, 16 of them are located in Europe and out of these 16 countries, 9 of them have more than two stations! Germany🇩🇪, Russia🇷🇺 and the United Kingdom🇬🇧 all have 5 stations on the continent, some of them working only during summer while others are permanently open.

As mentioned, some stations work only during summer, while others work all year long - meaning that the population of performing scientists and researchers varies from approximately 4.000 people during summer and only 1.000 during winter times (June to August).

Apart from that, there are several stations that don’t belong to any country, in other words, it means that they receive scientists from all over the world!

Fun fact: The coldest temperature ever registered on earth was at the Antarctic continent. In July 21 of 1983, at the Russian Vostok station, the thermometers recorded a temperature of -82.2C° (-115F°)

[ronthedunedain]

There is a very particular undefinable vibe present in Antarctic Research Stations during the long winter that's absent from any other Earthly photo.

Bharati Research Centre (India), 69°S, 76°E, Antarctica

[deborabuerk-the-write-stuff]

Day 9. Today was for the birds.

[jadafitch]

Great Duck Island Light, Frenchboro, Maine. Aptly named, Great Duck Island is estimated to support 20% percent of Maine's seabird population. Under the Maine Lights Program, the lighthouse and 12 surrounding acres are owned and manned by College of the Atlantic. The rest of the seabird-friendly island is owned by The Nature Conservancy in Maine

[valtsv]

honestly it probably already exists but i would kill for more horror stories set in the arctic circle during winter where it's unclear if the threat is supernatural or if the darkness and isolation in the freezing polar night is just driving the characters slowly insane

[nukacourier]

Old World Blues isn't my favorite dlc for the funny quippy dialogue or the added lore it's my favorite because I'm sexually attracted to the entirety of the Think Tank and I like it when they insult me

[verticalplane]

salamander working late at the hungarian presidential palace

[searchsystem]

James Morris / Hugh Broughton Architects / British Antarctic Survey (BAS) / Halley VI / Photography / 2013

[marikodraws]

Holding on to an impossible thing

companion piece/follow-up to the comic I did for Rivals zine ✌️

[coffeebanana]

here’s my (unserious) list of places to avoid in Paris, miraculous themed

[datura-tea]

yeah so ulysses and the biological research station from owb have the same voice actor, roger cross :) listen for yourself

[maroonmused]

i still can’t believe they used the instrumental to cigarette daydreams for this mission like that was honest to god attempted murder by insomniac. the song, the nostalgia for the kids they were before emily and ben died and harry got sick, the warm autumn colors, the reunion patching together a pivotal part of peter’s life at a time he literally needs it most after getting fired from brooklyn visions. and in the scene before this, peter’s remembering may’s lesson about maintaining balance in his life then boom the return of one of the people who keep him rooted in life outside the mask when it’s so easy to breeze by it. first act of sm2 i love you.

[perenial]

What are good books about explorers, if I may ask? I'd love to get into some harrowing survival (or just trying to survive) stories.

HI ok these are all heroic age antarctica-centric bc that's all i've had rattling around in my brain for a solid year and a half now so if anyone has non-polar recs pls feel free to throw em in the replies lmao

if we're talking harrowing survival there's nothing more fucked than shackleton's trans-imperial expedition aka endurance and the ross sea party. the classic here is endurance by alfred lansing (and ofc south by ol ernie shackles but i feel like his own account is less approachable to a first time reader) but i also highly recommend the lost men by kelly tyler-lewis for the ross sea party half of the story that often falls to the wayside.

and we can't talk abt shackleton without getting into scott & the terra nova & the race for the pole which WILL take over ur life if u get into it lol. the worst journey in the world by apsley cherry-garrard is required reading (and so is cherry by sara wheeler, possibly my fave biography of all time), and for a more general overview a first-rate tragedy by diana preston is the absolute gold standard. for amundsen ask @roaldamundsen there's the last viking by stephen r. brown which i haven't read yet but i've heard v good things about (nb: u may be recommended roland huntford's books when it comes to amundsen. read them if u want but he's got a Thing against scott which in turn distorts how he approaches amundsen but then again every polar biographer wants to make tender romantic love to their special little guy so)

OH and we can't forget the northern party aka six guys in a hole (NOT sexy) (well–). there are banger first-hand accounts (especially raymond priestley's) but weirdly enough my fave when it comes to this part of the terra nova story is a polar affair by lloyd spencer-davis, which is technically abt the sex lives of adélie penguins. it was the first book i read connected to terra nova and although it leans more popular history than rigorous biography or historical analysis it rly primes u to understand the fricative relationship between the expedition's two intertwined objectives – scientific advancement and imperialist glory – that were the root of most of their issues.

outside of endurance & terra nova i'd be remiss not to rec The gateway book to antarctic history, the madhouse at the end of the earth by julian sancton. i should have put this first bc this is genuinely one of my fave books of all time, polar-related or otherwise. it's a comedy it's a tragedy it's an adventure it's an insight into colonial ambition (although imo this aspect could have been pushed further) it's a romance for two specific guys it could easily be a musical it might be adapted into a tv show or movie in the near future?? it's an absolute trip i rec it to anyone who stands still enough to let me shove a copy in their hands. read madhouse NOW

finally i want to give a shout out to the australasian antarctic expedition which in comparison is less insane than everything else here but it's entirely possible the guy who was once on the australian $100 note ate his dog handler. so like. read alone on the ice by david roberts

(ps. for more boat books see @jesslovesboats's banger posts ✌️⛵️)

[reality-detective]

Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with "dead" electric cars in freezing cold. 🤔

[jadafitch]

Mount Desert Rock Light, Frenchboro, Maine. Since the light's automation in the 70's, Mount Desert Rock has been used by The College of the Atlantic as a whale and marine mammal research outpost.

[xiii-e]

XIII▸ Query. Do people outside HA space... not have canned macaroni cheese?