Icebreaker coming to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, 1995

Icebreaker coming to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, 1995.; America's first Antarctic base, Little America I, was built in 1929 on the Ross Ice Shelf under the direction of Richard Byrd. Currently (2002) the largest settlement on the continent is McMurdo Station, where the summer population swells...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Unknown
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: University of Southern California Digital Library (USC.DL) 2012
Subjects:
Icebreakers Ships
Antarctic
Byrd
Little America
Little America I
McMurdo Station
Ross Ice Shelf
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice Shelf
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.25549/exbt-m87
https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/asset-management/2A3BF11KUI5D
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Summary:Icebreaker coming to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, 1995.; America's first Antarctic base, Little America I, was built in 1929 on the Ross Ice Shelf under the direction of Richard Byrd. Currently (2002) the largest settlement on the continent is McMurdo Station, where the summer population swells to over 1,000 people. The small town has ATMs, a post office, and even a fire station.

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