Alan Chambers, who last year completed a skiing expedition to the South Pole, said isolation can intensify behavior in extreme environments.
The Sanae IV research team consists of meteorologists, medics and engineers. They monitor climate, study atmosphere and survey geology.
The team lives in orange modules that look like shipping containers and contain labs/offices, accommodation units, a library/games room/TV rooms/bar, etc.
For heat, they use diesel generators, water is generated from a snow smelter, while satellite connection provides telephone lines.