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Collection of 21 Original Photos, taken during XIXth Soviet Antarctic Expedition on Molodezhnaya station in the years 1973-1975, led by V. S. Ignatov and D. D. Maksutov. The collection shows the work process at the station, the equipment and the experiments conducted, the everyday life of the scientists, including food preparation and participation in Soviet elections, the machinery used at the station, as well as the panoramic view of the station itself. 1973-1975.

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1973

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21 loose photographs, each sheet ca. 21x28 cm. each photo ca. 13x20,5 cm.

Molodyozhnaya Station is located in the Thala Hills, 500–600 meters inland from the coast on the southern shore of Alasheyev Bight in the Cosmonaut Sea, at 42 meters above sea level. The area around the station is composed mostly of rocky ridges separated by snow-covered depressions and lakes. The sea near the station is covered in pack ice for much of the year, out to a distance of as much as 100 km at the end of winter.

Found by Vladislav Gerbovich in February 1962 on the coast of the Cosmonaut Sea. For a long time, the Molodezhnaya station, being the largest facility of its kind, was considered the capital of Soviet Antarctica. There were about seventy buildings at the base, lined up into streets. Up to 150 people could live and work on it at the same time. There were not only residential complexes and research laboratories, but also an oil depot and an airfield capable of receiving such large aircraft as the IL-76.

The collection include a collage of the all the members of the expedition alongside the expedition dog Sharik. All the photos have type-written captions: ‘Researching blood samples’, ‘Weather conditions on the fast ice’, ‘New meteorological tower’, ‘Erected astronomical pavilions’, ‘Montage of ISZ-Uran antenna’, ‘Delivery of the fuel’ [by helicopter], ‘Tuning of ISZ-Uran antenna’, ‘The building of the pavilion for the reception of satellite information’, ‘Urine examination’, ‘The approach of snow-mobil from the garage’, ‘Panoramic view of the station from the East’, ‘Dumplings [pelmeni] a la Antartica’, ‘House for the dwelling of the participants of the expedition’, ‘Calibration of actinometric instruments’, ‘ISZ-Uran antenna’, ‘The election to the Supreme Council of the USSR’, ‘Location survey’, ‘Water distillation’, ‘The pavilion for the reception of satellite information’.

Likely taken by the expedition photographer to be used in the official report, the photos give one rare insight into the life of the Soviet Antarctic station.

Item #PD12

Price: $950.00

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