Strong Chinese can apply for Antarctic expedition team

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Strong Chinese can apply for Antarctic expedition team
ChinaView.com
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/31/content_5273097.htm

BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — Chinese who are healthy, strong and interested in experiencing the blistering cold winter in the South Pole, can now apply for a position on China’s 24th Antarctic expedition team.

This is the first time that China will recruit Antarctic expedition team members from the public, according to the Polar Research Office of the State Oceanic Administration.

“We are recruiting from a wider range of possible team members to meet the needs of polar research,” the office said.

Available positions for the Great Wall Station and Zhongshan Station in South Pole include two executives, two doctors, two chefs, six electricians, two machinery technicians, two water and heating specialists and two telecommunications engineers.

Post period lasts from November 2007 till December 2008 for the Great Wall Station and March 2009 for the Zhongshan Station.

Interested individuals must be Chinese citizens, in good health, have a good record and be psychologically strong.

Applicants need the consent of their employer.

Applicants can submit written applications to the office before Nov. 30. The application form can be downloaded at http://www.chinare.cn.

Posts will be decided after physical examinations, psychological testing, winter training and Antarctic-related knowledge tests.

More than 700 Chinese have spent winters in the Antarctic over the past 20 years. The shortest day at the Great Wall Station in winter is only an hour and a half. The research team at the Zhongshan Station spends about two months in a perpetual polar night.

~JITW

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