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Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station, Arctowski Station, King George Island Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys Cape Hallett, Victoria Land Holme Bay at Mawson Station, Mac. Robertson Land Schirmacher Oasis, Princess Astrid Coast. An Antarctic oasis is a large area naturally free of snow and ice in the otherwise ice-covered continent of ...
The Schirmacher Oasis (or Schirmacher Lake Plateau) [1] is a 25 km (16 mi) long and up to 3 km (1.9 mi) wide ice-free plateau with more than 100 freshwater lakes. It is situated in the Schirmacher Hills on the Princess Astrid Coast in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica and is, on average, 100 m (330 ft) above sea level.
The research station was built by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956 and named Oazis (Оазис, English: Oasis).The station was handed over by the Soviet Academy of Sciences to the Polish Academy of Sciences in January 1959 [2] and given its current name.
Cape Hallett is a snow-free area (Antarctic oasis) on the northern tip of the Hallett Peninsula on the Ross Sea coast of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. Cape Adare lies 100 km (62 mi) to the north. History
The Vestfold Hills are largely snow- and ice-free and are thus classified as an Antarctic oasis.They contain a great variety of lake systems with over 300 lakes and ponds [3] including what is possibly the largest concentration of meromictic (stratified) lakes in the world. [4]
Upload another image HSM-2 Fukushima's Rock Cairn Rock cairn and plaques at Syowa Station in memory of Shin Fukushima, a member of the 4th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, who died in October 1960 while performing official duties. The cairn was erected on 11 January 1961, by his colleagues. Some of his ashes repose in the cairn. (1972) Rec VII-9 69°00′00″S 39°35′00″E ...
A speculative representation of Antarctica labelled as ' Terra Australis Incognita ' on Jan Janssonius's Zeekaart van het Zuidpoolgebied (1657), Het Scheepvaartmuseum The name given to the continent originates from the word antarctic, which comes from Middle French antartique or antarctique (' opposite to the Arctic ') and, in turn, the Latin antarcticus (' opposite to the north ').
Bunger Hills, also known as Bunger Lakes or Bunger Oasis, is a coastal range on the Knox Coast in Wilkes Land in Antarctica, consisting of a group of moderately low, rounded coastal hills, overlain by morainic drift and notably ice free throughout the year, lying south of the Highjump Archipelago. [1]