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McMurdo Station briefly gained global notice when an anti-war protest took place on February 15, 2003. During the rally, about 50 scientists and station personnel gathered to protest against the coming invasion of Iraq by the United States. McMurdo Station was the only Antarctic location to hold such a rally. [16]
The South Pole Traverse, also called the South Pole Overland Traverse, [2] is an approximately 995-mile-long (1,601 km) flagged route over compacted snow and ice [3] in Antarctica that links McMurdo Station on the coast to the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, both operated by the National Science Foundation of the United States. [4]
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Antarctica: A Year on Ice is the first feature film by New Zealand filmmaker Anthony B. Powell. This documentary is set in Antarctica, specifically in the Ross Island region, which is home to two research bases: United States' McMurdo Station and New Zealand's Scott Base.
Pokémon [a] [b] is a Japanese media franchise consisting of video games, animated series and films, a trading card game, and other related media.The franchise takes place in a shared universe in which humans co-exist with creatures known as Pokémon, a large variety of species endowed with special powers.
Arrival Heights Laboratory is a research station in the Antarctic Specially Protected Area of Arrival Heights in Antarctica, around 2 km from McMurdo Station. It was built in 1959 as an Auroral Radar Station to understand the nature of the aurora australis and its effect on radio communications.
Jane Seymour is opening up after her Malibu, Calif. home was threatened by last week's wildfires. Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the American Ballet Theater Annual Benefit on Monday, Dec. 16 ...
In studying the cores, ANDRILL scientists from various disciplines are gathering detailed information about past periods of global warming and cooling. [2] A major goal of the project is to significantly improve the understanding of Antarctica's impact on the world's oceans currents and the atmosphere by reconstructing the behavior of Antarctic sea-ice, ice-shelves, glaciers and sea currents ...