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McMurdo has the world's most southerly harbor, this is important for bringing supplies to McMurdo and in support of projects in the Antarctic, but weather conditions necessitate an icebreaker. An example of a resupply ship is the MV American Tern , which was chartered from 2001-2010.
Weather Condition 3: Must meet all of the following criteria: Severe weather is possible within 24 to 48 hours; Visibility is greater than 300 metres (980 ft) Wind less than or equal to 45 knots (83 km/h; 52 mph) Air temperature and wind chill are above −60 °C (−76 °F) Weather Condition 2: Must meet all of the following criteria:
The highest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 19.8 °C (67.6 °F) recorded at Signy Research Station, Signy Island on 30 January 1982. [2] [3] The highest temperature on the Antarctic mainland was 18.3 °C (64.9 °F) at the Esperanza Base (Argentina) on 6 February 2020. [4]
The extreme weather was also registered in the Arctic, where temperatures were more than 50 degrees warmer than average. Walt Meier, an ice scientist with the National Snow and Ice Data Center in ...
Starting on December 15, she fought through temperatures as low as -4 degrees Fahrenheit (-20 degrees Celsius) and winds as strong as 50 miles per hour (about 80.5 km/h) – moments in which ...
The Antarctic Automatic Weather Station (AWS) Project is an Antarctic research program at the Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison that is funded by the Office of Polar Programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF). The AWS project was started in 1980 by UW-Madison atmospheric sciences Professor ...
According to the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva, the new record high temperature on continental Antarctica is a downright pleasant 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit (17.5 degrees Celsius). The ...
Map of the McMurdo Sound and the Dry Valleys Location of valleys (indicated by red dot) within the Ross Dependency Map showing the delineation of the McMurdo Valleys Antarctic Specially Managed Area (ASMA-2) The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of largely snow-free valleys in Antarctica, located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound. [1]