It is about 1250,000 kilometers of Antarctic Zhongshan Station.
The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve is a bit special.
The usual queue for dinner has been changed to a Spring Festival table meal.
The number of dishes is also much richer than in the past.
The team members also made dumplings by themselves.
On February 9, 2024, members of the expedition team at Zhongshan Station in Antarctica were making dumplings. (Photo courtesy of the interviewee) in Antarctica.
Frozen meat and quick-frozen food are easy to store.
Vegetables are more precious.
For the Antarctic builders of China Railway Construction Engineering Group.
A plate of fried shredded potatoes is more rare than fish and meat.
Panoramic view of Zhongshan Station in Antarctica. Photographed during China's 38th Antarctic expedition in 2022. (Photo provided by the interviewee) the leader of the engineering squad of the Zhongshan Station of the 40th Chinese Antarctic Expedition.
Cao Tao, Secretary of the Party Branch of the Antarctic Project of China Railway Construction Engineering Group, said.
Chinese New Year's Eve.
What he is looking forward to the most is that everyone will divide the work to make dumplings.
This is for the construction team members who are usually busy and busy.
Valuable. Mix the dough, roll the skin, adjust the filling, make dumplings, put them in the pot, and serve them on the table.
A whole set of processes, as warm and warm as at home.
When you bite into it, the aroma and happiness overflow together.
The team members come from all over the country.
There are all kinds of dumplings that everyone makes.
Thousands of miles away.
Take a bite of your own hand-made dumplings.
The taste of hometown reverberates in everyone's heart.
Panoramic view of Zhongshan Station in Antarctica. Photographed during China's 40th Antarctic expedition in 2024. This year is the fourth Spring Festival that Cao Tao and his teammates have spent in Antarctica.
Every year from December to February, the summer of Antarctica, we must seize the best construction period to carry out construction and maintenance. ”
This trip to Antarctica.
The team members still have a full schedule.
Equipment installation and commissioning, large tank handling, daily maintenance ......
Under the limited construction conditions and strict construction schedule.
These tasks are not easy.
In order to ensure the progress of the project.
Cao Tao and the team brainstormed.
Many difficulties were overcome.
For example, when handling large tanks.
The length of the tank exceeds the length of the transport vehicle.
They retrofit existing machinery and equipment.
Extend and reinforce the body until it meets the standard.
With the efforts of the team.
We continue to optimize the plan and gradually improve the measures.
Finally, before the Spring Festival.
Successfully complete all tasks ahead of schedule.
Team members participated in the unloading of cargo near Zhongshan Station. Photographed during China's 40th Antarctic expedition in 2023. (Photo provided by the interviewee) The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner after the completion of the task was also extraordinarily relaxed.
Every year on Chinese New Year's Eve.
Everyone is looking forward to the event.
One of the prizes is mobile phone traffic.
In Antarctica, traffic needs to be used in a coordinated manner.
On the special day of the Spring Festival.
Traffic means more time to spend with your family online.
During the Spring Festival of 2023, during China's 39th Antarctic expedition, Cao Tao took a photo in front of Zhongshan Rock. (Photo provided by the interviewee) after the Chinese New Year's Eve party.
Cao Tao always takes pictures in front of Zhongshan Rock.
Record the Spring Festival you spent at Zhongshan Station.
Over the years. He and the players.
Guarding the glaciers and snowfields of Antarctica.
Assist in the inspection work.
Members of the Cao Tao Youth Commando took a group photo next to Zhongshan Stone. Photographed during China's 36th Antarctic expedition in 2020. (Photo provided by the interviewee) Ten years of drinking ice is difficult to cool the blood.
Cao Tao's New Year's Resolutions for 2024 are:
Hopefully we can take it with us.
With the trust and trust of the people of the whole country, we will safely and smoothly complete the construction tasks and return to the motherland at an early date. ”
**: Xinhua News Agency
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