Also this year, the preparation of the 71 scientific and logistic participants selected by ENEA will be entrusted to the instructors of the Alpine Training Center, which will test their individual capacities during an intense preparation period.
The patrons, divided into two groups, during the first weeks of September, will prepare themselves in view of their employment in Antarctica, entrusted to the Military Alpine Guides of the Ski Mountaineering Section of Courmayeur.
Researchers will be trained in mountain movement, survival in base camps in tents, on glaciers, in difficult conditions and in isolation. The course will also include theoretical lessons - rescue practices, first aid, use of radio equipment, as well as an initial knowledge of the food rations supplied to ENEA.
The aspirants will be divided into two groups, based on their future employment: for some, in fact, the course will have a "soft" address, leading them to operate in medium-high mountain climatic conditions. For others, however, the course will be "hard", with decidedly more challenging and cold training scenarios.
Of the scientific expedition which, in the second half of October, will reach the “M. ZUCCHELLI ”of Baia Terra Nova, will be part of the Italian Army with two soldiers, Chief Caporal Major Chosen Loris BUZZI and Chief Caporal Major Jules PESSION. Both, mountaineering instructors and mountain guides of the Alpine Training Center of Courmayeur, will guarantee safety during the movements and the stationing of scientists in the remote bases, the keeping of the connections and the use of special snow equipment for logistic movements.
