The McMurdo Station is the largest research and logistics station in Antarctica and is operated by the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) of the US government. (Photo: Elaine Hood, National Science Foundation) Author: William (Bill) Muntean, U.S. Department of...
View of the snow overburden on the exterior of the arches containing the Amundsen-Scott Station’s power plant (exhaust pipes on left), logistics warehouse (left doorway), and vehicle maintenance facility (right doorway). Extensions to the air vents for the arches can...
U.S. Station Palmer is one of three stations affected by the new USAP measures. Several penguin colonies are monitored in their vicinity, some for decades. And these are to be protected from the avian flu virus. (Photo: Michael Wenger) No visiting any seabird colony...
Sunsets at South Pole Station announce the coming winter with darkness and low temperatures. But due to hot spells, these are often far above average for days and days. Image: Tim Lynch, National Science Foundation While spring is slowly setting in in the northern...