TA43 Portraits

"Men Wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success."    — Ernest Shackleton (1874—1922), [probably fake] newspaper announcement before his Buy at Amazon.comEndurance Expedition.


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Alain 'Freddy' Chambefort, doctor

Those pictures are black & white portraits I took of the team of the 43rd winter over in Terre Adélie, hence the name TA43 for the team.

Left: Alain 'Freddy' Chambefort, doctor


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Alain 'Bighouse' Grandmaison, technical chief.

Right: Alain 'Bighouse' Grandmaison, technical chief.


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Arnaud 'Arnal' Dessommes, microbiologist and stillmaster.

Left: Arnaud 'Arnal' Dessommes, microbiologist and stillmaster.


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Charles-Gilles 'CGT' Testa, weather forecast chief and surgery victim.

Right: Charles-Gilles 'CGT' Testa, weather forecast chief and surgery victim.


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Christophe 'Grosnitho' Barbraud, ornithologist.

Left: Christophe 'Grosnitho' Barbraud, ornithologist.


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Christophe 'Prof' Liborio, geophysicist.

Right: Christophe 'Prof' Liborio, geophysicist.


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Christophe 'Le basque' Sévilla, chef.

Left: Christophe 'Le basque' Sévilla, chef.


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Christophe 'Glacio' Verspieren, glaciologist.

Right: Christophe 'Glacio' Verspieren, glaciologist.


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Daniel 'Pêcheur bleu' Guille, microbiologist, fisherman.

Left: Daniel 'Pêcheur bleu' Guille, microbiologist, fisherman.


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Denis 'Pâteux' Aro, baker.

Right: Denis 'Pâteux' Aro, baker.


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Didier Manoury, technician.

Left: Didier Manoury, technician.


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Dominique 'GrosDom' Huon, geophysicist.

Right: Dominique 'GrosDom' Huon, geophysicist.


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Francis 'Le Marquis' Malnory, power plant head engineer.

Left: Francis 'Le Marquis' Malnory, power plant head engineer.


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Francis Pugliese, weather forecast technician.

Right: Francis Pugliese, weather forecast technician.


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Francis 'Papy' Saugeon, electonician.

Left: Francis 'Papy' Saugeon, electonician.


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François 'Mépré' Courtier, precision mechanics.

Right: François 'Mépré' Courtier, precision mechanics.


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Gilles 'Espion' Bastard, radio operator.

Left: Gilles 'Espion' Bastard, radio operator.


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Gilles 'Dista' Kerlidou, station leader.

Right: Gilles 'Dista' Kerlidou, station leader.


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Guillaume 'Kata' Dargaud, atmosphere physics, katabatic winds.

Left: Guillaume 'Kata' Dargaud, atmosphere physics, katabatic winds.


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Jean-Paul Diris, radio technician.

Right: Jean-Paul Diris, radio technician.


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Jean-Pierre Laleouse, weather forecast.

Left: Jean-Pierre Laleouse, weather forecast.


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Joël 'Chubaka' Mouret, weather forecast.

Right: Joël 'Chubaka' Mouret, weather forecast.


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Jérôme 'La bulle' Ammann, geophysics.

Left: Jérôme 'La bulle' Ammann, geophysics.


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Laurent 'Spountz' Pfister, magnetism.

Right: Laurent 'Spountz' Pfister, magnetism.


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Michel 'bru' Szurek, biologist, librarian.

Left: Michel 'bru' Szurek, biologist, librarian.


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Patrice 'La plombe' Lecomte, plumber.

Right: Patrice 'La plombe' Lecomte, plumber.


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Roland Le Turquais, head geophysicist.

Left: Roland Le Turquais, head geophysicist.


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Savinien 'La gniaque' Lemasson, biologist and table soccer champion.

Right: Savinien 'La gniaque' Lemasson, biologist and table soccer champion.


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Stéphane Fallecker, technician.

Left: Stéphane Fallecker, technician.


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Stéphane 'Bougnat' Ladevie and Georges Walter, mechanics.

Right: Stéphane 'Bougnat' Ladevie and Georges Walter, mechanics.


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Sébastien 'Seb' Dommanget, geophysicist.

Left: Sébastien 'Seb' Dommanget, geophysicist.


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Thierry Gravelet, technician.

Right: Thierry Gravelet, technician.


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Vincent 'GP' Mateu, postman.

Left: Vincent 'GP' Mateu, postman.


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Xavier 'Enzo' Placaud, electronician.

Right: Xavier 'Enzo' Placaud, electronician.