Energy adaptations to fasting
"Baie du Marin" (BdM)
"Chaloupe"
"Petite Manchotière"
Alfred Faure base
Crozet Archipelago, Possession Island
46 ° 25'S - 51 ° 51'E
1st wintering in 1962
About 25 winter visitors and up to 50 people in summer
Transport and supplies thanks to Marion Dufresne
Scientific installations, but not only!
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Individual rooms for overwintering field assistants
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Buildings for community life (refectory, bar, cinema, gym, music room, library, etc.)
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Offices and laboratories
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Storage space (equipment, cold samples 4 ° C, -20 ° C and -80 ° C, ...)
Who?
Scientists for research programs funded by the Polar Institute (IPEV) (30%)
Contract workers for infrastructure maintenance and cooking (30%)
Military personnel for base operations (40%)
"Baie du Marin" (BDM)
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Located 20 minutes from the base and connected by a road (single maritime access route)
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Penguin of 23,000 breeding pairs (Barbraud et al. 2020)
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Scientific equipment in the heart of the colony
The paradise of "manchologists"
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3 scientific programs focused mainly on the king penguin (119, 137 and 394)
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2 overwintering field assistants and up to 12 people in summer
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1 working shelter per program and sharing of part of the scientific equipment (centrifuge, refrigerator, freezer, ...)
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1 common shelter (kitchen, storage, ...)
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2 enclosures
"Chaloupe"
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Located just over an hour's walk from the base, it is only accessible for scientific activities.
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Penguin colony of 1,311 breeding pairs (Barbraud et al. 2020)
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Monitoring and installations for programs #119 and #137
"Petite manchotière
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Located a few hours' walk from the base on the "transit" route between the base and the "BUS" cabin
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Penguin colony of 11,213 breeding pairs (Barbraud et al. 2020)
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Monitoring and installations for programs #119 and #137
"BUS" Cabin, American Bay
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One of the island's three "cabins", it serves as a refuge for multi-day scientific outings away from the base and as a relay point for outings to multiple sites.
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A small haven of peace situated directly on the beach, this cabin is the most accessible of the three on the island.
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Almost all programs organize trips for various reasons (albatross monitoring, bird inventory, botanical inventories, logistics, etc.)
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