research bases. each one is a microcosm of national culture. and with antarctic summer tourism growing, many of them, like the ukrainian vernadsky research base, that. it is the relatively busy summer research season, and the scientists, all male, live and work on—base. the people running the gift shop and serving drinks at the bar are also botanists, marine biologists, and climate scientists. it is an isolated existence here, and just 12 men will make this place their home throughout the long antarctic winter. how is it to live here for 14 months? that‘s a long time. it is a long expedition. yeah. and during this expedition i made 105 dives. you dive there? yes. so you do marine research. i am a scuba diver. i made this by myself. that‘s lovely. we have, in winter, a lot of. this used to be a british research base. it was sold to ukraine in 1996, and with it an instrument that was key in a major antarctic discovery. this is the station where the ozone hole was discovered in 1985. a lot of ultraviolet comes here. without glasses don‘t go outside. only 20 minutes, you have red skin. it seems typical of an antarctic research base to find an inst