Yesterday, the Qinling Station in Antarctica was officially opened, which is the fifth scientific research station built by China in Antarctica.
So, do you know how China built its first research station in Antarctica?
On November 20, 1984, the "Xiangyanghong 10" scientific research ship and the navy's "J121" salvage escort ship slowly sailed out of the dock, and China's first Antarctic expedition officially set sail.
On December 30, China's Antarctic scientific expedition ushered in a historic moment, Guo Kun, then the leader of China's Antarctic expedition, led 54 members of China's first Antarctic expedition team to officially land on King George Island in Antarctica, and the five-star red flag fluttered on the land of Antarctica for the first time.
At 10 a.m. on December 31, 1984, the groundbreaking ceremony of the Great Wall Station, China's first Antarctic scientific research station, was held on King George Island. The solemn national anthem sounded, and the expedition members solemnly erected the foundation stone brought from the motherland on the land of Antarctica.
On January 1, 1985, the construction of the Great Wall Station officially began.
In the icy waters, the 38-member assault team worked hard in four shifts, five days and nights, and spent nearly 400 tons of sediment, and finally completed the construction of the wharf on January 5, 1985.
The successful completion of the wharf has opened up the biggest difficulty in the construction of the Great Wall Station. From January 1 to 17, 1985, with the arrival of materials for the construction of the station, the construction of the Great Wall Station was in full swing. The expedition team put forward the battle slogan of "Twenty-seven days of hard work to build the Great Wall Station", and set the date of the inauguration ceremony of the Great Wall Station on February 20, 1985.
What was the consideration for the design of the Great Wall Station?
The houses at the Great Wall Station are not directly connected to the ground, but are supported by several steel frames, like the stilted buildings of China's ethnic minorities. Is such a design really safe?
It turns out that this design allows good air convection around the house, and in a blizzard, the wind can increase rapidly under the house, so that the snow can quickly pass through the bottom of the house under the action of the wind to avoid causing severe snow to bury the house.
The Chinese who came to Antarctica for the first time created the fastest speed for countries in the world to build stations in Antarctica. Only 45 days after landing on King George Island, the expedition team built the Great Wall Station, China's first Antarctic research station, and the real construction time was only 27 days, creating a miracle in the history of Antarctic expeditions.
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