The new Vostok station complex will provide comfortable work for scientists in Antarctica

A new wintering complex of the Vostok station has been delivered to Antarctica. Unloading of ships began in the Tala Bay near the Russian Progress station.

Four transport ships with modules of the new Vostok station complex reached Antarctica and began unloading. The complex, consisting of 133 modules, as well as fuel and equipment, were delivered to Antarctica by the Mys Dezhneva, Yaroslav the Wise, Kapitan Khlebnikov and Andrey Osipov vessels.

After unloading, the complex will be moved to Vostok station by sledge-caterpillar trips, where it will slowly gather. It takes four years to move the entire complex and assemble, since work can be carried out in a favorable season, and this is the period of December-February in Antarctica, the rest of the time it is impossible to carry out work.

After assembly, the complex will replace the outdated 1957 assembly and allow scientists to conduct research in comfortable conditions. The station will stand on 36 pylons 3 meters high, which will allow it to remain uncovered for many years. All systems have double or triple redundancy, a two-year supply of fuel and products is provided.

The new Vostok station complex will provide comfortable work for scientists in Antarctica for 15 people for the winter and 35 people for the season.

It will be based one and a half thousand kilometers from the coast at an altitude of about 3500 meters above sea level. The complex consists of modules with a total area of ​​2,5 thousand square meters. Areas for housing and recreation of polar explorers, laboratory, power plant

- said the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia Alexander Kozlov.

Comments

[opuonmed]

it is very good !

[Victor_B]

How did all this get there?
It's the same ...
Wow, what good fellows!

[Free wind]

Nobody has brought anything, it is just about to begin.

[alex neym_2]

Yes, you only have to drag some 1,5 km.
The night, in the distance, will definitely look like a UFO - fantastic!

[st25310]

Direct Solaris!

[loki565]

For a long time we have already tested various types of sleds / drags, they will soon be dragged)))

[210ox]

Uh .. Reading the article.

[Bad_gr]

Quote: 210ox

Uh .. Reading the article.

Watch the video

[alexmach]

How did all this get there?

The complex, consisting of 133 modules, as well as fuel and equipment were delivered to Antarctica by ships ...

modularly and dragged

[Proton]

Here it is right!
It is imperative to invest in science, ideally also in education and medicine.
It is not for nothing that many countries have their own bases (or in collaboration with someone) in Antarctica. It is not for nothing that scientists say that the Arctic and Antarctica are "cauldrons" where the weather is "brewed" all over the planet.
Such news is good.

[Galleon]

Many countries have their own Antarctic bases because there is a moratorium on the delimitation and development of deposits in relation to this continent, rich in minerals. At the time this moratorium is lifted, it is necessary to have a presence in Antarctica in order to claim part of its wealth. Do you think Ukraine or Peru, Ecuador or Poland really need to know the weather in Antarctica? This is a flag.

[Nikolay1987]

ideally also in education and medicine

Until before, we see the results. There are not enough beds, there is no oxygen, "voluntary vaccination".

[zadorin1974]

Are China and Austria considered reputable countries for you?

[Nikolay1987]

It depends on what parameter to judge, but in general - it is unlikely.

[Fisherman]

It is high time! The Yankees turned around there in full, it's time for us to dominate there as in the North.

[Galleon]

Really good news! Of course, in order for this complex to work, there is a lot of hard and hard work ahead. I hope that everything is provided for in the new complex to alleviate the extremely harsh conditions of the Vostok station.

[tralflot1832]

Dedkastary, look where the oligarch Mikhelson's money went, and it will be delivered 1500 km by "Knights" deep into Antarctica. I'm wondering where they found 50 driver mechanics. It's winter in Russia, too, throughout the entire northern delivery on winter roads and they pay very well for them hard work. And who cares, the project was done under the guidance of one cute little girl Elena Fokina, inside the life support technology is cooler than space.

[Galleon]

Namesake, don't touch the old one, you yourself will become so. 50 driver-mechanics do not stay for the winter, but work for a season. They arrived on the same ship where their "Knights" and these modules for transportation are. I think the collectors of modules will also work next year for a short season, as long as conditions permit. Therefore, including 4 years. And this work, yes, hard and risky.

[tralflot1832]

Yes, even though it’s summer now, it’s not right, there’s no smell of global warming at all, on the contrary, the ice cover is growing.

[Galleon]

"East" is an icy hell, a pole of inaccessibility. Frost down to -70, hurricanes of wild force. It's very good that this station module appears

[ycuce234-san]

"Therefore, including 4 years. And this work, yes, hard and risky."

Isn't it easier to apply some kind of innovation here - for example, to robotize this work? In space, manipulators have been used for outdoor work for a long time. Perhaps, given the situation, it is cheaper to develop, for example, a robot welder that can work both during a hurricane and at -70 and then also sell such robots to builders for work at heights in winter - they, as you know, always have tight deadlines. And during repairs on northern oil platforms, it will be in demand.

[loki565]

"Knights" deep into Antarctica.

This is in the past, now the Ratraks are used as tractors.

[tralflot1832]

When the first voyage starts then we'll see, 45 tractors will go, the German carries 100 tons with him, but not this one in your photo, Vityaz is more. Everything is fine with equipment in Antarctica, they buy the best.

[vadimtt]

Quote: tralflot1832

life support technology is cooler than space

Not cooler than space, but just beyond. Only the submarine fleet is cooler than space

[tralflot1832]

Of course, you cannot compare with submariners, I would put them in the first place.

[Cat Alexandrovich]

I wonder where the polar explorers do with all the waste? Many of them have been formed over the years. On return flights, they are taken to the ships by trains. Or just scatter in the wind? Eclology, however ...

[tralflot1832]

Antarctica, a gold mine for utilizers!

[alex neym_2]

If it's very interesting, then they just burn everything in a special oven, like all other waste ... and urine too!

[Andobor]

Quote: Cat Alexandrovich

Where do the polar explorers do with all the waste?

The old station is in the snow at a depth of three meters, everything that is not constantly dug up is brought in, a new one was made on legs, it will regularly rise so that it does not go under the snow.

[Free wind]

There is a hole in the floor of the station, as much as it can fit. oh more precisely how much will come out. The wind will sweep everything across the tundra. in the summer, only sprinkle the paws with snow, so that the norm does not rush into the eyes

[hagen]

Quote: Cat Alexandrovich

Where do the polar explorers do with all the waste?

Incinerators IN-50 from the St. Petersburg "Tourmaline" were supplied there for waste incineration. So, environmental requirements are being met.

[expert]

Take out. This is very strictly monitored.

[Vladimir61]

Well done! Finally, it came to the renewal of the station in Antarctica! And that is not a station, but beams, from the times of the USSR. The design is almost like a military "Shamrock".

[tralflot1832]

No, you are dialing Elena Fokina, the chief architect of Vostok station, I can't put out a bad connection.

[Vladimir61]

Quote: tralflot1832

Elena Fokina Chief Architect of Vostok Station

Well done! And thank you, now others will know about it.

[Free wind]

The matter is important, the business is necessary. Only when the designer gets down to business. then somehow it is not done for yourself. I would refuse to live in this hut, on 36 chicken legs. The height of this structure is 15 -20 meters, (the height of the paws is 3 meters, the dimensions of the rest are clear) during a hurricane it will shake. In Norilsk he also fucks capital structures in the presence of snowstorms. The entrance is at a height of about 6-8 meters, how to get there in case of a hurricane? And if a penguin, or a stranger bites the leg, and it is really possible to drag there as a victim. Whoever asked the polar explorers what they want.

[tralflot1832]

In the East, penguins are difficult, they are 1500 km away. Yes, and the legs are hydraulic. The size of the station is 190 m and a width of 14 m. This is what they want. The Germans did not have enough money for this project, ours bought and completely reworked for themselves.

[hagen]

Quote: Free Wind

Only when the designer gets down to business. then somehow it is not done for yourself. I would refuse to live in this hut, on 36 chicken legs.

The British have been living in the same centipede for almost ten years. Don't complain. They neither feel sick nor shake. And most importantly, you can always drag it to a new, more convenient place, if required, without any special problems and fees.

[Sands Careers General]

That's cool!

Not only should the station be built from scratch, but also towed 1500 km from the coast.
Well done!

[Edvagan]

in general, it is necessary to gradually change all stations in Antarctica to new and modern ones, otherwise, compared with most foreign stations, our stations are the last century. In the literal sense of the word.

[harpun0073]

We discovered Antarctica, and the Anglo-Saxons were blown away by Cook when he said that there was no land there. As a pioneer, it is ours. And all the rest went to the forest.

[Knell wardenheart]

I wonder why all of a sudden such generosity in such a difficult economic period.

[tralflot1832]

Generosity from Comrade Michelson, he basically paid for this attraction of unheard-of generosity.

[expert]

Guys are just heroes. Everything!

[Vladimir SHajkin]

"Captain Khlebnikov" is an icebreaker

[Dikson]

Why is it not a word in the article that the station was built essentially with the money of a private investor? This is not a state project .. And the delay in delivery was due to the story with the "Sevmorput", which lost the propeller blades on the way in clear water ..)) It is very good that they remembered about Antarctica. And the project is very well thought out. - You can rejoice for the winterers .. The conditions in the interior of the continent are hellish ..

[p0pulivox]

Quote: Dikson

Why is not a word written in the article that the station was essentially built with the money of a private investor? This is not a state project .. And the delay in delivery was due to the story with the "Sevmorput", which lost the propeller blades on the way in clear water ..)) It is very good that they remembered about Antarctica. And the project is well thought out. - You can rejoice for the winterers .. The conditions in the depths of the mainland there are hellish ..

Alas, a rare example in our country ...
But there were times, many people read with interest the popular science literature about the research carried out in the Arctic and Antarctic, some dreamed of going there to work!

[aries2200]

Iskander station and with 400 staffed?

[Dmitry Vladimirovich]

Copied concept from Halley VI

And that's okay, these are not ancient barracks.

[Dmitry Vladimirovich]

How Halley VI was built.
Halley 6 was officially opened in Antarctica on February 5, 2013.

As an engineer, I see two important differences in the design of the British and Russian stations:
in Hailey 6 there is a metal load-bearing structure outside the habitable modules.
In the modules of the new Vostok station, the load-bearing structures inside the habitable modules are cold bridges that cannot be completely isolated, thermal efficiency from external metal structures, which means that energy consumption will not be outstanding.
Also, metal structures do not allow to make a large internal volume - the same medical room, where the chair is located under the transverse load-bearing element (frame) - what is this? The pinnacle of design?
In the Russian station, metal power elements from supports to residential modules serve as cold bridges - their design goes under the insulation and will work to remove heat, despite the tricks - such as tearing the cold bridges with gaskets made of low heat-conducting materials.

[Dmitry Vladimirovich]

Now the task is to assemble from these separate modules - "doghouses", in a remote area, where the temperature in summer is -36 degrees C.

[Alex]

Quote: Dmitry Vladimirovich

In the modules of the new Vostok station, the power structures inside the habitable modules are cold bridges that cannot be completely isolated

Not this way. Judging by the available images and interviews with the chief architect of the project, the habitable part is assembled from separate modules the size of 40-foot containers with their own thermal insulation, which are installed on the load-bearing structure, and then all this is sheathed with another layer of thermal insulation.