Looks like travel to the French Southern and Antarctic Territories — Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises (TAAF) - home to Iles Kerguelen, is via the R/V Marion Dufresne, "a multi-purpose, 130-meter long, research and supply vessel having two main missions: logistics for the French Austral Islands and oceanographic research."
From the web site DiscoverFrance.net, Iles Kerguelen's "weather is harsh, with rain, sleet or snow falling more than 300 days a year; it is not unusual to get snow at sea level in the middle of the summer. Winds blow continuously from the west, as the islands lie in the path of the "Furious Fifties". Averaging 68 m.p.h. (110 km/hr) year-round, sustained winds of 93 m.p.h. (150 kph) are commonplace, and gusts of up to 124 m.p.h. (200 kph) have been recorded."
Here's a link to a site with Kerguelen pictures.
Among the scientific research conducted on the Kerguelen archipelago, an international radar network studies the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. It's called the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network, known by the excellent acronym SuperDARN.
