How are the explorers in Antarctica? Bashny.Net

In Antarctica there is a severe lack of oxygen
A big challenge for the acclimatization of newcomers. The atmosphere here is pretty rarefied, the pressure is strong, Yes, and rainfall is quite small, which it is almost absolute dryness. So to do sharp movements not to fast don't go and lift weights very carefully — and immediately starts the shortness of breath.





Summer in Antarctica is home to approximately 5,000 people
It experts and support staff. To spend the winter there remain only about a thousand of the most courageous members of scientific expeditions. On average, there you can see explorers of the 29 States, and most of all there are Russian citizens: 4% in summer and 10% in winter.

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In Antarctica there is the Internet
Technical progress has reached this distant land. Antarctica is assigned its own Internet top level domain .aq phone prefix: +672. So at the moment, thanks to high technologies, communication with the other world for explorers is always available. Home you can call from almost anywhere via satellite phone. There are e-mail, and Skype.

Wear a polar in three layers
The bottom layer of clothes — underwear, which brings out the moisture. The second layer — woolen clothes or fleece jacket, and the third layer — windproof and water resistant, for example, down-filled jacket. All this must carefully zip up and tuck in. Over woollen gloves to put on fur mittens. Feet fur socks-chuni on them — the boots, the sole is stitched with an extra layer of felt. Face mask, special stocking with holes for eyes. Without a mask in the cold or from the breath instantly aborisade nose and lips.

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