McMurdo Station - Wikipedia
McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research station on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand –claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), a branch of the National Science Foundation.
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McMurdo Station (77°51'S, 166°40'E), the main U.S. station in Antarctica, is a coastal station at the southern tip of Ross Island, about 3,864 km (2,415 miles) south of Christchurch, New Zealand, and 1,360 km (850 miles) north of the South Pole.
McMurdo Sound - Wikipedia
The McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica, known as the southernmost passable body of water in the world, located approximately 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) from the South Pole. [1] Captain James Clark Ross discovered the sound in February of 1841 and named it after Lieutenant Archibald McMurdo of HMS Terror. [2] .
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McMurdo Station is a coastal station surrounded by annual sea ice for most of the year. Regular wildlife sightings include penguins, seals and skuas. Annual mean temperature is -18°C (-0.4°F) with recorded lows of -50°C (-58°F) and highs of +8°C (46.4°F.) Snow accumulation can reach up to 1.5 meters annually.
McMurdo Station | Population, Temperature, & Facts | Britannica
McMurdo Station is a research and logistics hub located on Ross Island’s Hut Point Peninsula, Antarctica. Operated by the American National Science Foundation (NSF) with the assistance of the U.S. military, the station is the largest town in Antarctica.
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Get an inside look at life at McMurdo Station, Antarctica: from what it's like working in Antarctica to oddities like pee bottles & alcohol rations.
McMurdo Station - Antarctica
The American McMurdo station is built on solid land on the coast of continental Antarctica at the edge of McMurdo Sound, it is situated at the southern end of Ross Island at the end of a spit of land called the "Hut Point Peninsula".
Video Clips, Maps and Images - United States Antarctic Program
The webcams provide live outdoor images of the U.S. Antarctic stations: McMurdo Station at Ross Island, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, and Palmer Station on the peninsula side of the continent. The images refresh roughly every 30 seconds or less; however, due to extreme temperatures, some cameras are disabled during the austral winter.
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2020年8月4日 · An unofficial historical website documenting the history, trivia, and future plans for McMurdo Station
Archibald McMurdo - Wikipedia
Vice-Admiral Archibald McMurdo (24 September 1812 – 11 December 1875) was a Scottish naval officer and polar explorer after whom Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, McMurdo Station, McMurdo Ice Shelf, McMurdo Dry Valleys and McMurdo–South Pole Highway are named.