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The Chapel of the Snows is a non-denominational Christian church located at the United States' McMurdo Station on Ross Island, Antarctica and is one of eight churches on Antarctica. It was built in 1956 from scrap materials, and this one burned down in 1978, but it was rebuilt ten years later.
The Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows [1] (Spanish: Capilla de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves) [2] is the name given to a chapel excavated in a cave in the ice near the Belgrano II base [3] in the territory it claims as part of Argentine Antarctica. It is one of eight churches on Antarctica.
Dug in the nearby ice, Belgrano II's Catholic Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows is the world's southernmost Christian church—in fact, it's the southernmost worship place of any religion. The general tasks of the base personnel are primarily of scientific research, survey and exploration, also providing support for foreign scientific efforts.
W. Herbert Burk (1867-1933) was an Episcopal priest and founding vicar of the Washington Memorial Chapel in the Valley Forge National Historical Park.He is known for assembling, over the course of many years, the collection of Revolutionary War artifacts that form the core of the collection of the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, and for his work to preserve Valley Forge, the ...
Chapel of the Blessed Virgin of Luján, Antarctica; N. ... Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows (Belgrano II Base) S. Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi (Esperanza Base)
Pages in category "Chapels in Antarctica" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Chapel of the Snows; S.
The Erebus Chalice is a silver and gilt chalice gifted to the National Science Foundation in 1987 for use in the Chapel of the Snows at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, where it is now kept on display during austral summers.
Church of Our Lady of the Snows, Bousson, Italy; Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows (Belgrano II Base), Argentine Antarctica; Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows (Ilha de Maré), Brazil; St. Mary on the Snow, a church in the historical city center of Prague, Czech Republic; A neoclassical chapel of Our Lady of the Snows in Prior Park College, Bath ...