Construction
The construction work started just after the landing in Antarctica on December 27, 1983. The team completed its major task of constructing the permanent station by February 25, 1984 in a time of eight weeks which was a world record. The station was then named as Dakshin Gangotri
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Famous quotes containing the word construction:
“The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions.”
—Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)
“Striving toward a goal puts a more pleasing construction on our advance toward death.”
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