What’s Happening Inside the Station?

This gallery shows the work done during the month of December, from sanding the wooden beams to applying epoxy with Jacques, François, Ilyr and the only doctor in the Southern Hemisphere who has a knitted cap with beaver ears.

The only doctor in the Southern Hemisphere who has a knitted cap with beaver ears visiting the future living area... room with a view! Well, at the moment it's mostly dust and odds and ends.

© International Polar Foundation / René Robert
Aren't my holes beautiful??? They say it was an important moment... Wouldn't you agree, Paul?

© International Polar Foundation / René Robert
These holes may seem to be nothing important, however the place at which holes were bored into them took more than 48 hours to negotiate, and made a lot of ink flow, or to be more precise, melted the communication satellite! Finally we had detailed plans and we bored the holes!

© International Polar Foundation / René Robert
Julien has been eaten by the same alien as Jacques!!! Nah. He's just sanding the beams, one by one. It takes time...

© International Polar Foundation / René Robert
Applying layers of epoxy in order to waterproof certain areas of the station.

© International Polar Foundation / René Robert
The Feasts of St. Nicholas, Christmas, and Easter rolled all into one: the pantry in the garages... authorized personnel only.

© International Polar Foundation / René Robert
There's a new life form in the great white desert... which you could mistake for Jacques Touchette, our man from Québec, who is in fact a friendly alien dust-eater.

© International Polar Foundation / René Robert
Check-up the refrigerators: the doctor never shies away from a sacrifice (whatever it may be...)

© International Polar Foundation / René Robert

What’s Happening Inside the Station?

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