In Antarctica, the assembly of the newest wintering complex of Vostok station is underway

January 24 2022 7

On the territory of the Soviet Antarctic station Vostok, founded in 1956, work is underway to assemble the latest wintering complex. Installers using cranes installed 36 supports 3 meters long each, which in the future will allow the station to remain uncovered with snow for many years.

At the moment, the platform of the complex is being installed on the foundation, where within three years, according to a special Technology specialists were engaged in the compaction of the snow cover. The foundation slab is 200 meters long, 120 meters wide and 3 meters thick.

All the main cargoes for the assembly of the complex were previously transported to the Progress station by the Andrey Osipov and Cape Dezhnev container ships with the assistance of the Kapitan Khlebnikov icebreaker and the Yaroslav Mudry tanker. Delivery of goods to the installation site of the facility is carried out by sledge-caterpillar method at a distance of 1460 km. By the end of this season, the assembly of the base platform will be completed, and work on the entire complex is planned to be completed in four years.

The new wintering complex will include five modules: two service and residential buildings, a building with diesel generators and a water storage and purification system, a garage and a warehouse with a spare generator set. The complex will be 140 meters long, 13,5 meters wide and 17,5 meters high. The facility is designed to employ 15 people during wintering and 35 people during the season.

Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, OJSC "Zapsibgazprom"

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Bulanov

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25 January 2022 08: 47

In Antarctica, it's time to develop technologies for staying on another planet, or, for starters, to test complexes that can work and in which people will live for a long time in the event of a nuclear winter.
1. Pandiurin
  
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  25 January 2022 09: 52
  
  Quote: Bulanov
  In Antarctica, it's time to develop technologies for staying on another planet, or, for starters, to test complexes that can work and in which people will live for a long time in the event of a nuclear winter.
  
  Unlike other planets, in Antarctica there is something that on other planets is the biggest problem of air, moreover, in the form of a fireproof mixture (oxygen + nitrogen), it is also safe for breathing, clean water, there are no problems with pressure, what is outside, what is inside . No problem with food delivery. But there are problems with energy, it is impossible to place a nuclear installation, there are problems with logistics, if such experiments are carried out somewhere closer to civilization, it will be much cheaper.
  
  Those. all the basic conditions are not met. And the creation of such conditions will artificially greatly complicate the work of people, increase the cost of construction, reduce working and residential volumes, require a large supply of fuel for generators, all closed-loop technologies require additional electricity, taking into account heavy logistics, everything will increase in price many times over.
  
  For full-fledged experiments, underwater laboratories would be suitable,
  just a closed air supply system, in the presence of an electric cable from the mainland, to test greenhouses for growing food and absorbing carbon dioxide. Scientists are unlikely to want to drink recycled urine, but it could be used for irrigation i.e. it is possible to partially organize a closed water cycle. In terms of convenient logistics, such a laboratory, for example, could be somewhere in the Crimea, 100 - 1000 meters from the coast.
  1. Bulanov
    
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    25 January 2022 09: 56
    
    In Antarctica, there is an aggressive environment for humans - cold. And some elements of protection against it must be developed on Earth. And it is better to stay away from civilization in order to foresee problems, and not to run for help 100 meters away in the Crimea. And the isolation from civilization has a different effect on consciousness. Psychological experiments are also important in a confined space.
    1. Pandiurin
      
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      25 January 2022 10: 23
      
      Quote: Bulanov
      In Antarctica, there is an aggressive environment for humans - cold. And some elements of protection against it must be developed on Earth. And it is better to stay away from civilization in order to foresee problems, and not to run for help 100 meters away in the Crimea. And the isolation from civilization has a different effect on consciousness. Psychological experiments are also important in a confined space.
      
      The cold is a so-so aggressive environment, this is a problem if it is grown industrially (cheap and abundant wheat, potatoes, grapes and cattle), i. lead the household activity.
      And so the cold is solved by the fact that it is heated and there is no problem.
      Even on the street, they will not be in hermetic spacesuits, but they will walk with oxygen balconies, again by.
      
      About the closed space and psychological difficulties.
      The number of people there is large, the living space is simply huge compared to outer space, there are always exits to the outside, warehouses next to the residential modules, snow removal on tractors, installation of remote weather stations on snowmobiles, just stretching your legs. The team hangs out all the time with new arrivals from
      big land. 15 people out of season, 35 for the duration of the expedition. Those. a few months 15 people, then 20 more people came.
      
      Psychological experiments are carried out differently on volunteers for several years, in a limited space, under video cameras, on the other hand, psychologists sit who come up with some kind of artificial tasks, "works" and who will perform with whom.
      
      Those. you can try how to organize joint interaction between poorly compatible people, but apply some tricks to avoid conflict.
      
      Antarctica is very expensive, people work there in difficult conditions, why should this project and people create unnecessary difficulties.
      
      It is better to conduct experiments in other places simpler, it is an experiment, you can create exactly the conditions that are needed for the experiment. This would be better both for Antarctica and for experimenters.
Bulanov

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25 January 2022 11: 17

Science is generally expensive! I'm talking about learning new technologies.
And your phrase - "then the broads another 20 people arrived." - Inspires romance!
Marciz

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18 February 2022 14: 19

Damn you have an idea!!!?? But live in peace, what experiments, what experiments, what nuclear winters, maniac scientists !!!??? Hitler also built a base in Antarctica, would you have advised Putin to look for the Holy Grail !!!!???
1. Alexander K_2
  
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  18 February 2022 23: 28
  
  The Americans are building, or have built, a station like 150 people, also on supports, only the supports are retractable and can rise 2 more times. If you're interested, you can watch it on YouTube