Voyage to the most isolated base on Earth

Voyage to the most isolated base on Earth Alexander Kumar, the next ESA-sponsored crewmember to stay in Concordia, has arrived safely at the research base in Antarctica. The voyage to one of the remotest places on Earth takes even longer than the voyage to the International Space Station. The international outpost's programme of research includes glaciology, human biology and the atmosphere. ESA uses the base to prepare for future long-duration missions beyond Earth. Concordia is an ideal place to study the effects on small, multicultural teams isolated for long periods in an extreme, hostile environment. Alexander left the port of Hobart in Tasmania on 7 January aboard the vessel Astrolabe . The ship is used by the French Polar Institute to supply Concordia and the French coastal Antarctic station Dumont D'Urville.
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