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Nature 431, 734-735 (14 October 2004) | doi:10.1038/431734a; Published online 13 October 2004
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Antarctic stations: Cold comfort
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- Quirin Schiermeier is Nature's German correspondent.
Abstract
The next generation of Antarctic research stations is now being designed and built. Quirin Schiermeier reveals the problems that architects, engineers and inhabitants must overcome in the Pole's unforgiving conditions.
The wailing sound of a saxophone can sometimes be heard echoing through the night on Dronning Maud Land in Antarctica. Anna Müller, a physician and the base commander of Germany's Neumayer research station, plays the sax to banish the loneliness and boredom that creep up during the dark, freezing polar winters.
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