{"id":672,"date":"2013-03-28T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/concordia_the_antarctic_research_base\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:30:59","slug":"concordia_the_antarctic_research_base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/fr\/concordia_the_antarctic_research_base\/","title":{"rendered":"Concordia: la base de recherche antarctique"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Une \u00e9quipe de chercheurs s\u2019appr\u00eate \u00e0 passer six mois dans l\u2019un des endroits les plus recul\u00e9s sur Terre afin d\u2019\u00e9tudier les effets de l\u2019isolation, en pr\u00e9paration des missions spatiales au long cours. Toute l\u2019\u00e9quipe de la base antarctique Concordia vient de prendre ses quartiers en pr\u00e9vision du long et froid hivernage qui l\u2019attend. Construite dans l\u2019une des zones les plus isol\u00e9es du globe, Concordia se trouve \u00e0 3 200 m\u00e8tres d'altitude. L'hiver, les temp\u00e9ratures peuvent y descendre jusqu\u2019\u00e0 -80 \u00b0C !<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>En raison de son attitude \u00e9lev\u00e9e, le manque d\u2019oxyg\u00e8ne se fait particuli\u00e8rement ressentir \u00e0 Concordia. Les sorties doivent donc s\u2019effectuer avec un maximum de pr\u00e9cautions. Les chercheurs, qui ne peuvent rester dehors trop longtemps, doivent porter des v\u00eatements hautement isolants. Au plus fort de l'hiver, le Soleil ne d\u00e9passe pas l\u2019horizon. L\u2019\u00e9quipe de Concordia va passer quatre mois sans voir la lumi\u00e8re du jour. Cette base est tellement \u00e9loign\u00e9e du reste de la civilisation qu\u2019il est plus rapide de rallier la Station spatiale internationale!<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 mille lieues de toute agglom\u00e9ration, les conditions polaires de l\u2019Antarctique permettent aux chercheurs de collecter des donn\u00e9es in\u00e9dites et de mener des exp\u00e9riences uniques. De biens des fa\u00e7ons, une mission \u00e0 Concordia est semblable \u00e0 la vie \u00e0 bord d\u2019un vaisseau spatial. Les m\u00eames mat\u00e9riaux y sont notamment test\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"3888\" data-credit=\"ESA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2013\/03\/Concordia_base\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2013\/03\/concordia_base\/17900643-2-eng-GB\/Concordia_base.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Jusqu\u2019\u00e0 seize personnes vivent \u00e0 Concordia pendant environ un an d\u2019affil\u00e9e. \u00c0 leur arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 Concordia, une \u2018 p\u00e9riode d\u2019adaptation \u2019 est n\u00e9cessaire pour s\u2019habituer \u00e0 ces nouvelles conditions, tout comme les astronautes dans l\u2019espace. L'altitude \u00e9lev\u00e9e, le froid extr\u00eame, l'air sec et les nouvelles sensations peuvent \u00eatre tr\u00e8s d\u00e9concertants pour le cerveau humain, qui doit s'adapter \u00e0 ce nouvel environnement.<\/p>\n<p>Le groupe de scientifiques de cette ann\u00e9e est d\u00e9sormais arriv\u00e9 \u00e0 Concordia et se pr\u00e9pare \u00e0 affronter le long hiver qui l'attend. Le dernier avion a quitt\u00e9 la base le mois dernier, marquant ainsi le d\u00e9but de l'hiver et le d\u00e9but de l'isolement par rapport au reste du monde.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019\u00e9quipe de chercheurs est compos\u00e9e d\u2019astronomes, de sp\u00e9cialistes des glaces, de sismologues et d\u2019un m\u00e9t\u00e9orologiste, mais aussi d\u2019un plombier, d\u2019un \u00e9lectricien, d\u2019un m\u00e9canicien et d\u2019un cuisinier. Pendant l\u2019hiver, et malgr\u00e9 des conditions tr\u00e8s difficiles, les chercheurs ne peuvent compter que sur eux-m\u00eames en cas de probl\u00e8me. Nous souhaitons bonne chance \u00e0 toute l\u2019\u00e9quipe !<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of scientists are spending six months in the most remote spot on Earth, to study the effects of isolation in preparation for long space missions. 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