Congratulations on the achievement! The signs only refer "Turkish Scientific Research/Camp 2019-2022" – does the base have another name, official or informal?
I wonder if Jinnah base is still active, because there is such a smal amount of pictures of it on the web. A base in Antarctica is always a symbol of prestige and every country that owns one release some photos once in a while. I've been researching about Antarctic stations for years, and all I...
Time-lapse video shows the flooding of the huge dry dock at Jiangnan shipyard, in Shanghai, where Xue Long 2 rested along with a cargo ship:
Here is a beautiful animation depicting the future ship:
And a time-lapse of the construction process:
Updated layout proposed for the fifth Chinese antarctic station:
The draft Comprehensive Environmental Evaluation for the new station is available at http://www.chinare.gov.cn/english/.
CHINA STARTED TO BUILD ITS FIFTH ANTARCTIC STATION
China is currently building two large research stations in Antarctica: one for Brazil (the new Ferraz station) and the other for the use of its own Antarctic program.
Above, China's future base network in Antarctica, with the continent
lined...
A mockup of the station was built by CEIEC in Shanghai in 2016:
The layout after completion, expected to happen in March, 2018:
The construction site during the summer 2016-17:
Above, the blocks made of steel and concrete that will comprise the building foundations. Below...
THE NEW L’ASTROLABE AND THE FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
THE NEW L'ASTROLABE – Two years after the signing of the contract, the L'Astrolabe logistics and patrol polar vessel (pennant number P800) has already been delivered to France. Christened on July 12 in the French city of...