Re:Kharkovchanka – Soviet Antarctic Cruisers [video]
by masklinn on Friday July 24, 2020 @01:42PM
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The pictures are pretty cool. It looks like the cabin of the kharkov II is significantly less insulated than the crew space? The hatch between the two looks as thick as the "external" doors (actual door and transmission hatch). I was also surprised to hear the windows are only double-paned in kharkov, and it doesn't look like model II is any better.
Understandable but a bit sad to see how decayed they got, especially if they're still in somewhat active use.
Re:Kharkovchanka – Soviet Antarctic Cruisers [video]
by anonAndOn on Friday July 24, 2020 @05:46PM
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>all the stations in Antarctic are on the ice actually
Many of the ones on the peninsula are built on land with some open to visitors!
[0]http://www.antarcticglaciers.org/antarctica-2/living-and-wor...
I was not aware of the fact that all the stations in Antarctic are on the ice actually, so they drift as time passes. There is a map of that [3]. Given the extremely low humidity, non-existing grounding (since the station is on the ice), when there is a blizzard or strong wind outside, snowflake rub themselves, and the station accumulates significant static charge which affects all the equipment.
[1] https://pikabu.ru/@deratizator (in russian, but google translate is capable of translating most of the text, except profanity words which appear occasionally to highlight the complexity of life in such climate conditions :) )
[2] https://pikabu.ru/story/kharkovchankaii_5499165 (still in russian, same blog)
[3] https://cs7.pikabu.ru/post_img/big/2017/12/11/7/151299321313...