Credits: ESA/IPEV/PNRA-A. Kumar
Today will be the last time the Concordia crew see the Sun for 3.5 months. Adrianos Golemis, ESA-sponsored research doctor tweeted this:
Beginning of the long polar night at Concordia Station – last sunrise today and 3.5 months of darkness ahead! Good Night, everyone!
— Adrian Golemis (@Astrovenator) May 5, 2014
Spirits seem high as the team of 15 enter the long darkness. Far from going to sleep the crew will continue running the base and performing research that can only be performed at this unique location.
Discussion: 2 comments
We just now are ‘escaping’ the grips of winter in the midwest of the U.S. It was the coldest in 35 years and 9th coldest in 150 years. But…it was nothing compared to your winter ahead.
Dress warm. Stay safe. Do good work. I enjoy following this blog.
Hello, i only saw this now – about 1 year later! I am happy if the blog made your day once or twice (i know that writing made mine more than once) so many thanks for your kind words and wishes and i hope you get to see Antarctica too one day!