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Phys.Org
October 11, 2017
The Concordia research station in Antarctica is a place of extremes: for nine months no supplies can be delivered, the nearest living beings are 600 km away at the Russian Vostok station, and the Sun does not rise above the horizon for four months in the winter.
Phys.Org
August 23, 2017
For some, the sun disappeared behind the moon in yesterday's eclipse for a few minutes, but the 13 people living in Antarctica's Concordia research station had to cope without sunlight for much longer. This sunset picture is beautiful on its own, but imagine if you hadn't seen the sun in over four months.
CNET
August 22, 2017
The sun makes a triumphant appearance after months of Antarctic darkness. ESA/IPEV/PNRA–C. Dangoisse. There are 13 people living in the Concordia research station in Antarctica. It's been over four months since the sun shone on their remote corner of the planet. On Tuesday, the European SpaceÃÂ ...
Science Magazine
July 13, 2017
In 1967, the United States abandoned a top-secret military base in Greenland because its underground tunnels were caving in under the weight of the ice. It's a problem familiar to scientists who work in some of the world's coldest and most remote regions, who must also deal with limited infrastructure and aÃÂ ...
Live Science
January 11, 2017
A thin black line against a sea of white is all that connects Antarctica's Concordia research station to life. This line, captured in a sobering satellite image, is a convoy of heavy-duty tractors pulling tons of fuel, food and equipment to one of the most isolated places on Earth. According to the European SpaceÃÂ ...
Phys.Org
March 23, 2016
ESA-sponsored medical doctor Floris van den Berg scans the horizon and contemplates life at Concordia research station in Antarctica during a freezing picnic. No arrivals will appear on the horizon for nine months – the winter months in Antarctica are too extreme for supplies or people to travel to theÃÂ ...
CNN
December 9, 2015
Vital Signs is a monthly program bringing viewers health stories from around the world. (CNN) The buildings lie at the southern-most tip of the Earth, on a plateau 3,200 meters above sea level. Other than their occupants, the nearest human beings are 600 kilometers away, making it more remote than theÃÂ ...
Phys.Org
July 22, 2015
This modified container in Antarctica is part of the Franco–Italian Concordia research station and is used to store snow samples –and with temperatures regularly below –70ðC no extra refrigeration is required. The environment around the mountain plateau does not get much more alien than this.
Phys.Org
April 1, 2015
The Italian–French Concordia research station in Antarctica sits in the largest desert in the world. Situated 3200 m above sea level with temperatures that can reach –80ðC, oxygen is scarce and even walking to a tractor can be leave you out of breath – the crew live with permanent hypoxia.
Space Daily
November 2, 2017
The Italian-French Concordia research station sits on an Antarctic plateau 3200 m above sea level. So far south, the Sun does not rise above ...
Phys.Org
October 11, 2017
The Concordia research station in Antarctica is a place of extremes: for nine months no supplies can be delivered, the nearest living beings are ...
Phys.Org
August 23, 2017
For some, the sun disappeared behind the moon in yesterday's eclipse for a few minutes, but the 13 people living in Antarctica's Concordia ...
Science Magazine
July 13, 2017
In 1967, the United States abandoned a top-secret military base in Greenland because its underground tunnels were caving in under the ...
Live Science
January 11, 2017
Concordia research station is known as the "remotest base on Earth." It's so far from other humans — 372 miles (600 km) from the nearest base, ...
Phys.Org
March 23, 2016
ESA-sponsored medical doctor Floris van den Berg scans the horizon and contemplates life at Concordia research station in Antarctica during ...
CNN
December 9, 2015
This is the Concordia research station in Antarctica, a French-Italian facility, where up to 16 people live for one year in complete isolation -- all ...
Phys.Org
July 22, 2015
This modified container in Antarctica is part of the Franco–Italian Concordia research station and is used to store snow samples –and with ...
Phys.Org
April 1, 2015
The Italian–French Concordia research station in Antarctica sits in the largest desert in the world. Situated 3200 m above sea level with ...
Phys.Org
August 23, 2017
For some, the sun disappeared behind the moon in yesterday's eclipse for a few minutes, but the 13 people living in Antarctica's ConcordiaÃÂ ...
CNET
August 22, 2017
There are 13 people living in the Concordia research station in Antarctica. It's been over four months since the sun shone on their remoteÃÂ ...
CNET
August 22, 2017
There are 13 people living in the Concordia research station in Antarctica. It's been over four months since the sun shone on their remoteÃÂ ...
Daily Press
July 14, 2017
In fact, he said, the Concordia Research Station, operated by France and Italy, was built as a possible model for a Mars base. There are twoÃÂ ...
Science Business
February 15, 2017
On my recent trip there, when I joined a winter-over crew in the French-Italian Concordia research station, I saw the slow-moving effects ofÃÂ ...
BBC News
January 13, 2017
How do you build in the most isolated place on Earth? For decades Antarctica - the only continent with no indigenous population - hosted onlyÃÂ ...
Live Science
January 11, 2017
Concordia research station is known as the "remotest base on Earth." It's so far from other humans — 372 miles (600 km) from the nearest base,ÃÂ ...
Phys.Org
March 23, 2016
ESA-sponsored medical doctor Floris van den Berg scans the horizon and contemplates life at Concordia research station in Antarctica duringÃÂ ...
CNN
December 9, 2015
This is the Concordia research station in Antarctica, a French-Italian facility, where up to 16 people live for one year in complete isolation -- allÃÂ ...
Phys.Org
November 11, 2015
Concordia research station in Antarctica sits on a plateau 3200 m above sea level. A place of extremes, temperatures can drop to –80ðC in theà...
Phys.Org
July 22, 2015
This modified container in Antarctica is part of the Franco–Italian Concordia research station and is used to store snow samples –and withÃÂ ...
Phys.Org
April 18, 2014
ESA is offering the chance of a lifetime to run space experiments in one of the world's most isolated places: Concordia research station inÃÂ ...
Co.Exist
March 13, 2017
The other two will be put on a ship with the Alpine samples and sent to Antarctica, where a cave at the Concordia Research Station will act as a natural freezer. Even with climate change, the Antarctic site will be very cold for a very long time; the ...
The Guardian
February 22, 2017
The convoy of supplies can be seen on the 1,000km trek from Dumont d'Urville on the Antarctic coast to Concordia research station. The traverse across Antarctica takes 10 days, climbing more than 3,000 metres to reach Concordia's plateau. Pulled byÃÂ ...
Science Business
February 15, 2017
On my recent trip there, when I joined a winter-over crew in the French-Italian Concordia research station, I saw the slow-moving effects of manmade climate change first hand.
Space.com
January 27, 2017
Other examples include the European Space Agency's Mars500 mission and the Concordia Research Station in Antarctica. Coincidentally, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko also finished a nearly one-year mission inÃÂ ...
Cosmos
January 14, 2017
How do you deliver supplies to one of the remotest research stations on Earth? Put the equipment and food on skis and pull them by tractor across the ice and snow in a long caravan.
Yahoo News
January 13, 2017
Concordia research station is known as the "remotest base on Earth." It's so far from other humans - 372 miles (600 km) from the nearest base, Vostok in Russia - that it's more remote than the International Space Station, according to the ESA.
Phys.Org
January 11, 2017
The convoy of supplies can be seen on the 1000 km trek from Dumont d'Urville on the Antarctic coast to Concordia research station. The traverse across Antarctica takes 10 days, climbing more than 3000 m to reach Concordia's plateau. Pulled by heavy ...
Live Science
January 11, 2017
A thin black line against a sea of white is all that connects Antarctica's Concordia research station to life. This line, captured in a sobering satellite image, is a convoy of heavy-duty tractors pulling tons of fuel, food and equipment to one of the ...
BBC News
September 6, 2016
More than 400 pieces of Alpine ice have been moved to a giant freezer - a first step in their journey to Antarctica. The seemingly strange plan to send ice to the coldest place on Earth is part of a scientific mission to "rescue" some of the world's ...
Catch News
August 5, 2016
The other two cores will be shipped and trucked to the French and Italian-run Concordia Research Station in Antarctica for storage.
New Zealand Herald
July 24, 2016
The samples, which will be kept at the Concordia Research Station, a French-Italian Antarctic base, will constitute "an invaluable scientific legacy", said Jean Jouzel, a climatologist.
Gizmag
July 21, 2016
The other two will be shipped and then trucked to the French- and Italian-run Concordia Research Station in Antarctica for storage.
CRIENGLISH.com
July 9, 2016
The study involved a group of people living at the Concordia Research Station in a remote part of the icy in-hospitable continent.
Cosmos
March 24, 2016
Dutch medical doctor Floris van den Berg scans the horizon and contemplates life at Concordia research station in Antarctica.
Space Daily
March 24, 2016
Dutch family doctor Floris van den Berg is going to spend twelve months in Antarctica's Concordia Research Station, an isolated French-Italian research base where temperatures often drop below -76C, and the amount of oxygen in the air is about one ...
Military Technologies
March 22, 2016
ESA-sponsored medical doctor Floris van den Berg scans the horizon and contemplates life at Concordia research station in Antarctica during a freezing picnic.
Blastr
March 21, 2016
If you're looking to study the effects on the human mind from being alone, it doesn't get much more isolated than Antarctica's Concordia Research Station. Just looking at raw distance and travel time, Concordia is technically more isolated than the ...
Space Daily
March 24, 2016
Dutch family doctor Floris van den Berg is going to spend twelve months in Antarctica's Concordia Research Station, an isolated French-Italian research base where temperatures often drop below -76C, and the amount of oxygen in the air is about one ...
Cosmos
March 24, 2016
Dutch medical doctor Floris van den Berg scans the horizon and contemplates life at Concordia research station in Antarctica.
Military Technologies
March 22, 2016
ESA-sponsored medical doctor Floris van den Berg scans the horizon and contemplates life at Concordia research station in Antarctica during a freezing picnic.
