Monday, May 30, 2011

Concordia – Research Station at the End of the World


These pictures could easily be publicity stills from a new science fiction blockbuster set on an ice bound planet circling a distant sun. It is, however, the Concordia Research Station which is located on the Antarctic Plateau in Antartcica – the largest desert in the world.  It is one of only three research stations on the plateau to operate permanently on a year round basis.
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