McMurdo Station

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(CC) Image: George Swan
Ross Island, the most Southerly place accessible by Sea.

McMurdo Station is an [[American]] research station on Ross Island just across McMurdo Sound from the mainland of Antarctica, at 77 degrees 51 minutes S, 166 degrees 40 minutes E.[1][2][3]

McMurdo Station is the largest research station in Antartica.[1] McMurdo Station is the most Southerly place accessible by Sea. Researchers work at McMurdo Station year round.

(PD) Photo: US Antarctic Program
McMurdo Station experiences months of constant darkness.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 McMurdo Station, National Science Foundation. Retrieved on 2008-09-03.
  2. ↑ McMurdo Station, NASA, 2006-12-03. Retrieved on 2008-09-03.
  3. ↑ McMurdo Station at Ross Island, United States Antarctic Program. Retrieved on 2008-09-03.
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