Concordia station

Concordia is a scientific base located at DOME C in Antarctica (75°06’S and 123°21’E) It is operated by Italy (PNRA) and France (IPEV). It contains a lot of technological innovation (spatial technologies in particular) and shows a great respect of the environment of the site. Terrestrial travel from Dumont d’Urville takes about 10-15 days Programs cover different fields : astronomy, glaciology, atmosphere chemistry, earth sciences, microbiology, medicine . Upper Air soundings are produced and transmitted on the GTS. More information can be found at the Concordia website:

http://www.concordiastation.org/