The biological laboratory and field research facilities at the United States “McMurdo” station, Antarctica

In 1958, at the close of the International Geophysical Year, the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States initiated long-term plans for the support of Antarctic biological research. These plans included the erection and outfitting of a modest, but modern, biological laboratory at the U...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Wohlschlag, Donald E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1963
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Antarctic
Ross Island
McMurdo Station
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400055972
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400055972
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Summary:In 1958, at the close of the International Geophysical Year, the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States initiated long-term plans for the support of Antarctic biological research. These plans included the erection and outfitting of a modest, but modern, biological laboratory at the United States station at “McMurdo” on Ross Island in the late summer and early winter 1959. With the increasingly diversified biological research programmes, and with the active construction and supply programmes in subsequent years, the biological laboratory has now become one of the largest Antarctic research facilities for a single scientific discipline.

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