CONCORDIA

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CONCORDIA

• Logistics issues
• JB. Daban (LUAN)
• Thanks to Eric Fossat (LUAN)
• and Chiara Montanari (PNRA)

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1. Concordia station
2. Freight Transport from Europe to Concordia
3. Ground Usage Plan surrounding Concordia
4. Safety rule
5. Electrical Power availability
6. Telecommunications
7. Local network
8. Working conditions

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A fast tour Paris Observatory - Concordia
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General characteristics.

• Latitude 75 South
• Altitude 3200 meters
• Summer
• Mean T-25C
• Winter
• Mean T-60C
• Mini T -80C
• Hygrometry
• 15 at ground level
• On ground
• Mean Wind Speed 3-4 m/s
• Max Wind Speed 15 m/s

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Concordia Towers
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• For HEAVY MATERIAL, transport by sea
• and traverse is VERY recommended
• Europe ? Tasmania by shipping lines
• Tasmania ? DDU by Astrolabe
• DDU ? Concordia by the Traverse (Raid)

• EXCEPTIONNALLY, and for LIGHT FREIGHT, transport
  by air
• is possible
• Europe ? New-Zealand by airlines
• New-Zealand ? Mario Zucchelli (ex TNB) by C130
• Mario Zucchelli ? Concordia by Twin-Otters

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The Astrolabe 5 crossing rotations between
Hobart and DDU from mid-October to end-February.
The Traverse - 440 tons / year (included 130
tons of dry freight) - 20
feet long standard containers (2,4 x 2,4 x 6 m3)
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C130 on the ice-shelf at Mario Zucchelli Station
Twin-Otter at Concordia
Max load 1 ton 1 flight MZ? DC 8000
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• Important info about the Traverse
• 440 tons/yr but 40 to 50 of fuel.
• The 1st Traverse carries heavy loads from the
  last season and only a few light loads from R0.
• Heavy loads spend one winter on DDU
• Shipping from Europe last date 20 Aug
• for delivery in January

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Ground Usage Plan
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SAFETY RULE IN WINTER
DONT GO AWAY FROM THE STATION FURTHER THAN 750
METERS
Otherwise, the station will disclaim all
responsibility and will let you come back by
yourself in case youre in trouble!!!
Remember the T is between 60 and 80
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ELECTRICAL POWER
3 Diesel Generators 113kW max First
wintering year consumpt. 500000 kWh. Cost for 1
year 350 k 1 kWh 0,7 (EdF 0,06 )
Necessary to install ecological power supplies
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Present status
• INMARSAT Connexion 1/min
• (used for phone and data transfer, reliable)
• Data Transfer 50 kbps only 3 times per day for
  e-mails down and up load and a few scientific
  data transfer. (1 MB 3mn30 24)
• IRIDIUM Connexion low quality
• Future evolution 256 kbps permanently (Intelsat,
  Panamsat solutions)

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LOCAL NETWORK

• Telephone everywhere
• 100 MB network between Concordia, summer camp et
  the labs.
• HUBs, wireless 54 MB

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WORKING CONDITIONS

• Altitude low temperature ? tiredness,
  difficulty to concentrate.
• At Dôme C, problems are much more difficult to
  deal with, so do everything possible to prevent
  them.
• Local assistance hot line very limited ?
  Winterers requirements
• autonomy
• large technical abilities
• very deep knowledge of the instrument(s)
• mental strength
• Federal Express does not serve Dôme C yet ?
  Bring enough
• spares with you.

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