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McMurdo Station Antarctica

Experiences and musings from the far south. This is a place to learn about McMurdo researchers and their experiments and experiences.

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SOR RONDANE MOUNTAINS, Antarctica--Japanese researchers combing this mountain range in northern Antarctica on Monday found four meteorites, the first such discovery by a Japanese team on the frozen co...  
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CAPE DENISION, Antarctica (Reuters Life!) - Living in freezing isolation in Antarctica is a test of endurance for even the toughest of adventurers with veterans to the South Pole convinced that a sense of humor is a key tool for survival.  
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I wonder what the climate alarmist talking points will be about this Friday’s forecast low at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, near where Robert Scott launched his fatal expedition to the South Pole in 1911, is 21 degrees. It will probably be colder in Houston. Forecasters say Houston should see its coldest weather in more than a decade later [...]  
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Pink Tentacle has a bunch of photos, videos, and artists' renderings of "ningen." Reportedly observed on multiple occasions by crew members of government-operated “whale research” ships, these so-called “Ningen” (lit. “humans”) are said to be completely white in color with an estimated length of 20 to 30 meters. Eyewitnesses describe them as having a human-like shape, often with legs, arms, and even five-fingered hands. Sometimes they are...  
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The Earth's northern polar section isn't the only area to see lessening ice cover in current years. Scientists using satellite data and supercomputer modeling now estimate that Western Antarctica is losing cumulative amounts of ice as well.Contributor: Jacob AdlonPublished: Jan 05, 2010  
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By Robert Niles: I thought I'd pass along this morning pick-me-up, from the folks at SeaWorld San Diego:That's two of the 12 macaroni penguin chicks born at SeaWorld San Diego this breeding season, the most ever at the park. SeaWorld's hatched nine other baby penguins this season, including Adélie and gentoo chicks. Since 1980, more than 500 penguins have been hatched and raised at the park's Penguin Encounter exhibit.  
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ON BOARD THE ORION, Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica, Jan 4 (Reuters Life!) - The economic downturn has frozen tourists' enthusiasm to travel to one of Australia's most remote and inhospitable Antarctic outposts with tourism operators reporting a sharp downturn in bookings.  
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The British Antarctic Survey has released new photographs of ice fish, octopus, sea pigs, giant sea spiders, rare rays and beautiful basket stars that live in Antarctica's continental shelf seas are revealed this week by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). As part of an international study on sea surface to seabed biodiversity a research team from across Europe, USA, Australia and South Africa onboard the BAS Royal Research Ship...  
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While we're on the subject of Antarctica, Jon Bowermaster is continuing his journey at the bottom of the world as well, and sent back another dispatch via his blog. Jon has now made his way to Petermann Island, where they have spotted their first penguin chicks of the season. The island is home to a unique place, where Gentoos and Adelies and blue-eyed shags all live together and hatch their young together. But Bowermaster says that the number...  
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REMAINS of the first airplane ever taken to Antarctica, in 1912, have been found by Australian researchers, the team announced. The Mawson's Huts Foundation had been searching for the plane for three summers before...  
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On his trip to Antarctica, Alek O. Komarnitsky took these wide-angle shots of Adelie Penguins walking by a Boing Boing logo he set down in the snow. Wide-angle shots of Adelie Penguins walking by BoingBoing sign in Antarctica Previously:Tele-operated Christmas light display - Boing Boing Accounts of trying to gets bats out of house - Boing Boing Photos from trip to Falklands & South Georgia Islands and ... Baby bird live webcam - Boing Boing...  
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Filed under: Activism, Photos, Stories, Antarctica, Ecotourism, Consumer Activism FIRST CHICKS OF THE SEASON, PETERMANN ISLAND, ANTARCTICA, DAY 5 Spied our first penguin chicks of the season today, on Petermann Island ... fitting since it had been the home of both early explorers (Frenchman Charcot and his boat the Porquoi Pas camped here for two seasons one hundred years ago) and more recently researchers (the penguin counters from the...  
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Jon Bowermaster continues his journey through Antarctica, sending back dispatches to his blog, sharing his thoughts on the place that has become quite important to him on a personal level. A few days back, Jon posted a story about his first journey to Antarctica, 20 years ago as part of an assignment for National Geographic. Jon joined Polar legend Will Steger and Jean-Louis Etienne, as they completed an epic 3741 mile journey across the...  
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The science station called McMurdo has been operating on the southern tip of the continent since 1956. It's an important research center, attracting geologists, physicists, engineers, hydrologists, pilots, and just plain adventure-seekers. McMurdo Station has grown so much, in fact, that it's really a town unto itself. It's got a harbor, three airfields, a heliport, over a hundred buildings, even three bars and a bowling alley. After all...  
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The 40,000 'eco-tourists' who visit the South Pole every year cause enormous greenhouse gas emissions. The visitors to the snow-covered landmass are endangering not just the Antarctic region by their actions, but also the rest of the world.  
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