Concordia vs Concord

There has been lots of things going on in the news about Antarctica this week, with boats getting stuck, being rescued, then the rescuers also getting stuck and needing rescued! It's a very tough environment at the bottom of the world, and this cartoon is for the boys and girls for the 2013-2014 season who are mad enough to go down there.

Concordia is a research base right near the middle of the content at Dome C, it's one of the most remote places on Earth.Concordia is run by the French Polar Institute and Italian Antarctic Programme, and each year ESA sponsors a doctor to go South and carry out research on the overwinter crew, as they face many of the conditions that are expected on long term space missions to Mars.

I've been lucky enough to listen to talks from two of these doctors from the UK, which inspired this cartoon- enjoy :)