Chronology of the first Concordia winter-over

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Last updated on 2021/11/05

Chronology of the winterover

2004

September: 10/20/27/28
October: 20
November: 4/30

Left: Hercules C-130 ready for departure from New Zealand

Right: Sealing air ducts during construction of Concordia.

December 2004

January 2005

Left: Departure of the big boss on the very last airplane for the next 10 months.

Right: Construction work in the brand new but not quite finished Concordia station.

February 2005

March 2005

Left: Christophe's frozen face while working outside.

Right: Inflating a weather balloon inside the cramped garage space.

April 2005

May 2005

Left: Looking for spare parts in frozen PCs.

Right: Shaved heads during the midwinter.

June 2005

July 2005

Left: Alien egg growing on the power plant exhaust pipe.

Right: Playing balls in the winter night.

August 2005

September 2005

Left: The lidar shooting above my head.

Right: Claire cleaning up one of the water recycling tanks.

October 2005

November 2005

Left: Arrival of one of the first Twin-Otters.

Right: Departure trip in Twin-Otter.

December 2005

Epilogue

• Sun trajectory
• Fisheye and bird's eye images
• Land traverses and airborne views
• Glaciology and Epica
• 5 years later