How do explorers live in Antarctica?

Here is a diary of a scientific researcher, you can refer to it:

Hello everyone! Today I'm going to share my story in Antarctica with you.

Antarctica is the seventh continent in the world, with an area equivalent to one and a half China. It is the only ice and snow continent with neither sovereignty nor aborigines. 97% of the Antarctic continent is covered with ice and snow, and the average ice layer exceeds 2000 meters, which locks up 90% of the fresh water on the earth. Antarctica is not only the coldest place on earth, but also the windiest place in the world. The maximum wind force ever measured is 9 1 m per second, which is equivalent to three times that of a hurricane of magnitude 12. At present, there are nearly 100 research stations in more than 40 countries in Antarctica.

Since 1984, China's Antarctic expedition has been conducted once a year, and four research stations have been built. The Great Wall Station was built in 1985, on the edge of Antarctic continent. At present, Antarctic tourism can only reach this range by boat from Argentina. 1989 Zhongshan Station was built in Rasman Hill, the southeast pole. In 2009, China built Kunlun Station at the highest point of the ice sheet, with a temperature of minus 40 degrees in summer and minus 80 degrees in winter. The newly-built taishan station, located between Zhongshan Station and Kunlun Station, is an international rest stop.

Garbage that cannot be burned must be taken back to China for disposal.

1994 went to the south pole with the snow dragon for the first time, and set off for the south pole after replenishing in Australia. There is a westerly belt between 40 and 60 degrees south latitude, which surrounds the South Pole. Cyclones come and go, and the wind and waves are very heavy. If we can't pass the cyclone, we have to break the wind and waves to be safe, so we usually drive southwest. At the height of the storm, we can't go south, we can only go west. Sailing a few nautical miles a day and a night is equivalent to being fixed in place. The expedition members were seasick, couldn't get up in bed, vomited everything they ate, and swayed like this for a week. Some members can only live on salt water. The crew also got seasick, so they could only vomit and stick to their posts. After 60 degrees south latitude, you will see icebergs when it is calm, and the beauty of the South Pole will come out. Everyone will get up and enjoy the beautiful scenery, and sometimes penguins can be seen on icebergs.

Antarctic environmental protection requirements are extremely strict. Antarctica is not allowed to leave garbage and foreign species are not allowed to enter. The domestic garbage in the research station will be incinerated if it can be incinerated, and all those that cannot be incinerated will be packaged and sent back to China for treatment. Domestic drainage will be treated by biochemical membrane. When we go on field trips, we always take the excrement back to the station with garbage bags for disposal. Once a team member had loose bowels, and there was no garbage bag in his hand, so he dug a hole in the snow and buried it. A few days later, his stationmaster passed by, and this thing was exposed after the snow was blown away by the wind. The stationmaster thought it was a meteorite, took it back to the room to enjoy it, and found it smelly and soft, making a joke. He immediately called a meeting and severely criticized this behavior.

Of course, Antarctic exploration is also full of risks. Driving a snowmobile on the Antarctic continent is afraid of ice cracking, and driving a snowmobile on sea ice is afraid of ice holes. During the 25th Antarctic expedition, the research ship unloaded the materials 20 kilometers away from Zhongshan Station, and a mechanic drove the sledge to carry the goods into the sea. A few seconds later, a head came out, and then an arm came out. He lost consciousness as soon as he climbed up, and rescuers quickly carried him back. This scene happened to be photographed by CCTV reporters. The next day, he woke up and said that when the seawater flooded into the cab, he climbed out of the skylight of the cab. In addition, the summers in Antarctica are 65438+February, 65438+ 10 and February. At this time, the ice has melted, so we can only use boats and barges to transport materials for the research station. The boat crossed the iceberg. If they collapse or turn over, they will cause huge waves, which is very dangerous.

Living for more than 5 months will weaken your thinking ability.

There are two kinds of Antarctic expedition, one is called summer expedition, which lasts for 3 months in Antarctica; One is called wintering check, and it will take 15 months. May, June, July and March are the polar nights in Antarctica, and it is dark. We rely on lights to illuminate the road. Generally stay 17 winter people and eat at the same table every day. One day, several players didn't come to dinner. I called to ask, and they said there was too much snow and the door was blocked. It was too windy that day, so we couldn't get across. The next day, when the snow stopped, we could shovel the snow. Although life is hard, when the weather is clear, you can see the aurora, which is unpredictable under the starry sky, making people feel that being in space is particularly beautiful. Vegetables are very precious in Antarctica. All materials are replenished once a year by the Snow Dragon Boat. A month later, there were no vegetables, only Chinese cabbage, potatoes and onions. Chinese cabbage can be eaten for five or six months, and it hurts us to see it rot.

Working in the Antarctic, far away from the motherland and family. After work, we can only get together to play poker. If we lose, we will stick a sticker on our face or drill a table. We don't want money, because money is useless in Antarctica. Canned food, drinks, instant noodles and biscuits are all on the shelves. Really * * * production, all the doors are unlocked. Members who usually overwinter on 17 give lectures in turn every week, and publish a Zhongshan Life Weekly once a month to enrich themselves and prevent T3 syndrome. Living in the Antarctic for more than five months, people's pituitary gland will change, their mood will be depressed, they will be prone to rage, their thinking ability will be weakened, their reaction ability will be reduced, and they will not be able to sleep. The preventive measure is to organize more activities to enrich their lives. The fresh water resources in Antarctica are all ice and snow, and the water we drink is melted by ice and snow. Water is pure, but it has no minerals, and it is easy to get white hair and hair loss after a long time. You won't catch a cold in the Antarctic, because the cold environment is too pure, and there is no virus, which will reduce people's immunity, but it is easy to get sick after returning home. After 2008, Zhongshan Station has a network, and the Russian station next to it has no network. They often surf the Internet, but because the bandwidth is not enough, young people and their girlfriends have to arrange time to surf the Internet in turn, so we stipulate to give them 19: 00-2 1: 00 every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. There is a particularly important festival in Antarctica called Midwinter Festival, which falls on June 22nd. This is the darkest day in Antarctica. After this day, the dawn of the Antarctic will come slowly, so all people who visit the Antarctic will hold a major celebration on this day.

When I said goodbye to my mother, I knew it was the last time I saw her.

Finally, I want to talk about the feelings of Antarctic expedition personnel. There is a tombstone in Zhongshan Station, which is the height of the first wintering stationmaster. He was the first person in China to reach the South Pole, and made great contributions to the construction of Zhongshan Station. Because of the hard life in Antarctica, he died of illness after returning to China. His last wish was to bury half his ashes in the South Pole. Every summer, the expedition members will go to worship him, and more than a dozen of our wintering members in Tomb-Sweeping Day will also go to sweep his grave and burn incense. Once, one of our team members was in tears when he visited the grave. I said, what's wrong with you? He said that he just got a phone call this morning, and his grandmother who raised him died. This happens all the time. I used to be the chief engineer of the snow dragon boat and went to the South Pole once a year. One year, I came back from the South Pole and called before the ship docked. I found that my mother was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer three months ago and removed the whole stomach. She was afraid that it would affect my work and kept her family from telling me. I stayed at home with my mother for half a year. Before leaving again, the doctor told me that my mother couldn't wait for me to come back in five months. Before I left, I said goodbye to my mother. I know this is the last time I see her. When the boat arrived at Zhongshan Station, the news of mother's death came. There is no way to make up for what Antarctic expedition members owe their families.

Let me show you another photo. This is July 1 1, the 90th anniversary of the founding of China * * * Production Party. It was midnight in the Antarctic, and it was dawn at noon. We held a flag-raising ceremony. It was snowing heavily that day, and the team members spontaneously asked to raise the flag. Seeing the five-star red flag flying in the Antarctic, every team member was shocked, because we can stand in the Antarctic on behalf of the country, which is a symbol of national strength. When we saw the five-star red flag flying there, our feelings for the motherland boiled.