Antarctic fire

Antarctica is the driest continent in the world. Due to the cold climate, a small amount of water falls from the Antarctic continent, which is not liquid rain, but snowflakes or snow particles. Except for the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula and some islands at lower latitudes, there is rainfall in the warm season, and the whole Antarctic continent can't actually see rainfall. The most obvious feeling of scientists who go to the Antarctic continent for scientific investigation is that the air is dry. In the first few weeks, almost all people's lips will be chapped.

Because of this, people call the Antarctic continent a white desert.

Extreme dryness makes fire prevention a vital event for scientific stations all over the world. Because they know that dry and windy, even a little spark will lead to irreparable disaster. Australia was once destroyed in a fire at the West Cathy Station near Newcomb Bay in the eastern part of the Antarctic continent.

In order to prevent possible fire, the houses of scientific stations in various countries pay attention to keeping a certain interval, especially the storage of flammable materials such as wood and oil drums. Houses in China Antarctic Great Wall Station keep a considerable distance from each other, and the oil depot for storing fuel is specially built in the coastal highlands far away from the station area, which are all measures to prevent fire. In addition, all countries attach great importance to the fireproof performance of building materials. The Great Wall Station, the first scientific station built by China in the Antarctic, has gypsum board for the ceiling and walls all around, and the indoor floor, door and carpet have also been treated with fireproof treatment, with the purpose of preventing fire accidents. Known as "the first city in Antarctica", the McMurdo base in the United States also attaches great importance to fire prevention. It not only conducts repeated fire prevention education for each newcomer, but also has a full-time fire brigade. All telephones are marked with the telephone number of the fire alarm, just in case.

It is not without reason that scientific stations in various countries in Antarctica attach so much importance to fire prevention. This is not only because Antarctica is the wind pole of the earth, and windy weather can easily lead to fires, but also because Antarctica is the driest continent in the world and lacks water sources. Once it catches fire, it will definitely cause terrible disasters.