Adélie Land
France contributed Dumont d'Urville Station and Charcot Station in Adélie Land. As a forerunner expedition, the ship "Commandant Charcot" of the French Navy spent nine months of 1949/50 at the coast of Adelie Land. The first French station, Port Martin, was completed 9 April 1950, but destroyed by fire the night of 22 to 23 January 1952.