Image: Picnic at Concordia research station in Antarctica
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 05:30
in Astronomy & Space
ESA-sponsored medical doctor Floris van den Berg scans the horizon and contemplates life at Concordia research station in Antarctica during a freezing picnic. No arrivals will appear on the horizon for nine months – the winter months in Antarctica are too extreme for supplies or people to travel to the remote base, and the closest neighbour is 560 km away.