Dumont-d'Urville station
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| Country: | France |
| Administration: | French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
| Location: | Antarctica , Petrel Island |
| Residents: | Winter: 30, summer: 120 |
| Geographical location: | 66 ° 40 ′ s. Br., 140 ° 01 ′ ö. L. |
| Facility: | 1956 |
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The Dumont-d'Urville Station ( Base Dumont d'Urville ) is a French scientific station in Antarctica on the Pétrel Island in the Géologie Archipelago in Adélieland . It is named after the researcher Jules Dumont d'Urville .
It is operated by the " French Polar Institute Paul-Émile-Victor ", a joint project of French state and semi-state institutions. The station was built in 1956 to replace Port-Martin station, some 40 miles to the west , which burned down completely on the night of January 24, 1952, and nobody was injured. The Dumont d'Urville station allows 30 to 40 people to go ashore at the same time.
Ice and strong downdrafts often prevent landings - be it with helicopters or inflatables . It can hibernate 30 people, in summer it can accommodate 120 people.
From the Dumont d'Urville Station 1967 some French were rockets of the type Dragon started.
The research vessel L'Astrolabe brings supplies and personnel to the station from Hobart , Tasmania . From November to March, the L'Astrolabe usually makes three to five trips.
The Dumont-d'Urville station was the starting point for the shooting of the French documentary The Journey of the Penguins in 2003 .
See also
Web links
- Side of the Dumont-d'Urville station (French)
- COMNAP Antarctic Facilities ( Memento of August 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- COMNAP Antarctic Facilities Map (PDF) comnap.aq (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dragon 1 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
Coordinates: 66 ° 39 ′ 59 ″ S , 140 ° 0 ′ 59 ″ E