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Cabane Australia-Nord

France0 mUnguardedVerified listing

The place

Subantarctic scientific and logistics-mission cabin on the Kerguelen archipelago (TAAF), French Southern and Antarctic Lands, at 19 m altitude. One of the cabins in the Australia (North) chain, used by Port-aux-Français station and scientific missions (biologists, geologists). Violent winds, subantarctic oceanic climate.

Getting there

Access only via a scientific mission of the French Polar Institute (IPEV) or the supply vessel Marion Dufresne. Permit required.

The setting

Kerguelen archipelago (TAAF), subantarctic zone, Australia North chain, scientific missions.