Vladimir Koshelev

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TRAVEL COMPANY "Polar Expeditions"

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COMMUNICATION ROOM OF THE "NORTH POLE" DRIFTING STATION


• Two professional communications specialists are included in the station's personnel.
• The communication specialists living quarters are located in a separate cabin (tent), and the communication room is in a separate, appropriately set up location. Radio equipment is stored on a long shelving unit, and transmitters are bracketed onto the cabin's walls.
• The communication room is usually included in the unit with the meteorological station, with a connecting hallway in between.
  
  Main Tasks
  
• Provide for a constant radio connection of the North Pole drifting station with the mainland.
• Transmit weather information according to the schedule.
• Transmit the station's messages and the personnel's private correspondence.
• In addition, establish radio connection with airplanes and helicopters passing the area.
• Manage flights and establish communication with ice observers during the navigation season.
  
  
  
• Antennas and mast equipment include: masts with the length of 13.8 meters, guys, ropes. Buckets filled with water are used as anchors.
• The station always contains a local telephone station, which is located in the mess hall and is used for communication between the living and office areas.
• Speakers are used to inform the station's personnel about breaks in the ice flow and hummocking.
• Every cabin (tent) has a speaker which transmits radio programs, broadcasted by Mayak and other radio stations, and can be used to communicate with the personnel's families.
• In cases of poor radio transmission due to Aurora Borealis, magnetic storms, etc., the station always includes a satellite communication system Iridium.
• Equipment: transmitter Bark-2, wireless radio Volna-K, Sosna, Cycloida, teletype T-100, antennas Berkhan.