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	McMurdo Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The primary focus of the work done at McMurdo Station is science, but most of the summer residents (approximately 1,000 in the summer and fewer than 200 in the winter) are there to provide support for operations, logistics, information technology, construction, and maintenance.
		McMurdo Station, located at 77°51′S 166°40′E, sits on the southern tip of Ross Island in Antarctica, on the shore of McMurdo Sound, 2,200 miles (3,500 km) due south of New Zealand.
		Today, McMurdo Station is Antarctica's largest community and a functional, modern day science station, which includes a harbour, 3 airfields (2 seasonal), a heliport and over 100 buildings, including the Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center and a bowling alley with an antique Brunswick manual pinset machine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/McMurdo_Station (385 words)

	To the End of the Earth: The Journey - McMurdo Station
		McMurdo Station is located on the southern end of Ross Island, an island off the coast of Antarctica at 78° S latitude, 168° E longitude, at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
		The facility was renamed McMurdo Station in 1961.
		In February and March of 1902, Scott and his men constructed the Discovery Hut on Hut Point near what is now McMurdo Station and spent the winter there.
	www.entreeventurenetwork.com /Antarctica/mcmurdo.shtml (317 words)

	McMurdo Sound - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United States's major Antarctic base, McMurdo Station, is located on Ross Island.
		USS Burton Island (AGB-1), USS Atka (AGB-3), and USS Glacier (AGB-4) pushing an iceberg out of the channel in the "Silent Land" near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, 29 December 1965.
		McMurdo Sound is a sound about 55 km (35 mi) long and wide, lying at the junction of the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf between Ross Island and Victoria Land.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/McMurdo_Sound (137 words)

	USATODAY.com - Life and work at the McMurdo Station
		McMurdo is a seaport because icebreakers clear a path each summer to allow ships with fuel and other supplies for the U.S. Antarctic Program to tie up at a pier made of ice to unload most of the supplies that all of the USA's Antarctic stations will use for the coming year.
		McMurdo is the main air gateway to Antarctica and most scientists and others who go there as part of the U.S. Antarctic Program spend some time there on their way to and from the South Pole Station or research camps.
		The U.S. McMurdo Station is Antarctica's largest "city" with more than 1,000 people there at any one time during the "summer" research season from October into February.
	www.usatoday.com /news/science/cold-science/life-work/mcmurdo-station.htm (391 words)

	Journey North: Signs of Spring Mystery Class
		McMurdo is the largest station on the continent with a population of 1300 men and women during the summer months and 155 for the winter.
		McMurdo is a coastal station located on Ross Island at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf, about, 3,864 km (2,425 miles) south of Christchurch, New Zealand, and 1349 km (839 miles) north of the South Pole.
		McMurdo is the primary United States research station in Antarctica.
	www.learner.org /jnorth/1997/critters/mclass/863734348.html (871 words)

	McMurdo Station Antarctica
		McMurdo Station is the largest research station in Antarctica, and also the central staging station for the U.S. Antarctic Program.
		All US inland stations are resupplied through McMurdo, which in turn is supplied through flights from Christchurch, New Zealand, as well as via cargo vessel that docks once a year after icebreakers cut a channel through the frozen McMurdo Sound.
		Above: Facing away from McMurdo Sound, and towards Ross Island (the island that McMurdo is located on), a view towards the 'Mammoth Mountain Inn' and 'Hotel California' dorms, the Mechanical Equipment Center, the Berg Field Center and Observation Hill on the right hand side.
	www.tamug.edu /labb/Projects/Weddell/McM2001/McMurdo/McMurdo_2001.htm (508 words)

	The Unrecognised States Numismatic Society
		McMurdo Station is Antarctica's largest community, with a winter population of about 200 and a summer population of up to 1200.
		Established in 1956, McMurdo Station is located on the southern tip of Ross Island, 3500 kilometres due-south of New Zealand.
		The coins of McMurdo are private fantasy issues minted by Mr Fred Zinkann, a member of the Unrecognised States Numismatic Society who has pioneered the striking of coins in many unconventional metals.
	www.usns.info /coin-mcmurdo.html (115 words)

	ArcNews Fall 2004 Issue -- Long-Term Environmental Monitoring at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Supported With GIS
		McMurdo Station's long-term environmental monitoring program, developed jointly by Texas A&M University and the University of Texas researchers, fulfills the protocol's requirements for monitoring the impact of ongoing activities.
		McMurdo Station is the largest U.S. Antarctic base and the logistical hub of the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) run by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
		Levels of disturbance in McMurdo Sound near the station as measured by a Benthic Index of Biotic Integrity and Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Levels measured at the station overlaid on an orthorectified aerial photograph and color-coded bathymetry.
	www.esri.com /news/arcnews/fall04articles/long-term-environmental.html (1336 words)

	Origins: Antarctica: Place
		McMurdo Station, constructed on the bare volcanic rock of Ross Island, will be the base of operations for our traveling team.
		An aerial photograph of McMurdo Station will show you a surprisingly well-developed Antarctic city.
		The station was established in 1956 as a military settlement.
	www.exploratorium.edu /origins/antarctica/place (338 words)

	Scientific Expedition Introduction McMurdo Station
		For people working at McMurdo, the station offers all the modern conveniences you might expect of a small town.
		This coastal station is located at the southern tip of Ross Island about 2,415 miles (3,864 km) south of Christchurch, New Zealand and 850 miles (1,360 km) north of the south pole.
		The original station was constructed in 1955-1956 but there have been many additions and modernizations over the years.
	www.secretsoftheice.org /scientific/mcmurdo.html (196 words)

	McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research (LTER)
		The McMurdo Dry Valleys are located on the western coast of McMurdo Sound (77°00'S 162°52'E) and form the largest relatively ice-free area (approximately 4800 square kilometers) on the Antarctic continent.
		The perennially ice-covered lakes, ephemeral streams and extensive areas of exposed soil within the McMurdo Dry Valleys are subject to low temperatures, limited precipitation and salt accumulation.
		Thus, the dry valleys represent a region where life approaches its environmental limits, and is an "end-member" in the spectrum of environments included in the LTER Network.
	www.mcmlter.org (170 words)

	USATODAY.com - Plane returns ill workers from U.S. Antarctic station
		McMurdo is usually closed to the outside world during the Antarctic winter, from February to October except for a few flights in August that bring in scientists working on projects that need to begin before the station's normal October opening for the "summer" research season.
		On Saturday, an automatic weather station operated by the University of Wisconsin's Automatic Weather Stations Project measured temperatures in the -10 F range at McMurdo,,much warmer than the South Pole, which was reporting temperatures in the –80 F range.
		The South Pole station is 850 miles from McMurdo, nearly in the middle of Antarctica and much, much colder with temperatures around minus 60 Fahrenheit or colder for each of the successful rescue flights.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/resources/coldscience/2004-04-08-antarctic-rescue_x.htm (555 words)

	NSF UV Monitoring Network: McMurdo Station, Antarctica
		McMurdo Station is located on the southern tip of Ross Island and has had a long history in Antarctic exploration.
		The spectroradiometer system at McMurdo Station is located in the roof of the facility at Arrival Heights (the white building on the left in the photo above), in the hills above the main base.
		The research station is operated year-round, but is normally accessible only between October and February with the exception of a short series of flights in early September or late August ("WinFly").
	www.biospherical.com /NSF/mcmurdo/mcmurdo.asp (211 words)

	Welcome to McMurdo Station, Antarctica
		McMurdo Station, commonly referred to as "McMudhole" by it occupants, is the largest US station in Antarctica.
		McMurdo is the logistic center of many US scientific operations on the Antarctic continent.
		McMurdo is situated just off the main continent on Ross Island, sharing space with "Scott's Hut", New Zealand's Scott Base and Mt. Erebus.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageFullText/1,13476,710725,00.html (98 words)

	:: NASA Quest > Archives ::
		McMurdo Station is inhabited by people whose backgrounds are diverse, but whose common mission in Antarctica is the continuation and advancement of scientific research.
		You will find that McMurdo Station resembles an urban center in its population diversity and hectic pace.
		The Arrival Heights Lab is located approximately two miles from McMurdo near second crater and the Kiwi Earth Station.
	quest.arc.nasa.gov /antarctica/background/NSF/mc-stay.html (4520 words)

	KC4USV - McMurdo Station Antarctica
		McMurdo Station is located approximately 800 miles north of the South Pole.
		The McMurdo Ham Radio community consists of approximately a dozen known hams, and currently about a 1/2 dozen are active on 2meters and the IRLP node.
		It serves as the primary United States station in Antarctica and provides the majority of the support to the deep field camps, and the South Pole station.
	www.gmra.org /kc4usv (235 words)

	Water And Wastewater Plant Directory: McMurdo Station WP & WWTP
		McMurdo Station is operated by Raytheon Polar Services for the National Science Foundation in Antarctica--at the bottom of the world.
		Water And Wastewater Plant Directory: McMurdo Station WP & WWTP
		Influent amounts to 20,000 gpd during the 7 months of winter when the station is closed to all outside flights and there is a station population of only 200 people, to 70,000 gpd during the summer (October - February) when the population of scientists and support personnel swell to 1,100 or more.
	www.waterandwastewater.com /plant_directory/Detailed/125.html (226 words)

	The Seventh Continent
		The new Bio-Med, Laundry and Store were opened to the general station population at the end of the 2003-2004 Summer season, and the new Greenhouse had its first plants by mid-winter 2004.
		The new station has been under construction for several years with about a year left to go.
		Perched on nearly two miles of solid ice, the South Pole station is home to 270 people in the summer but much less in the winter.
	penguincentral.com /penguincentral.html (835 words)

	Sealift -- MSC replenishes Antarctica
		McMurdo Sound, the body of water that surrounds McMurdo Station, is filled with dense ice that is only passable by ship in the summertime.
		McMurdo Sound, the ice-filled body of water that surrounds the station, is only passable by ship in the summertime.
		The population at McMurdo swells in size from around 200 people in the winter to more than 1,000 in the summer, which usually lasts from October to February.
	www.msc.navy.mil /sealift/2005/April/antarctica.htm (994 words)

	NSF chooses alternative method to refuel its main Antarctic research station
		As a result, NSF personnel at the station are undertaking an alternative method of transferring several million gallons of fuel from a tanker offshore over the sea ice of McMurdo Sound.
		In an unrelated incident, a leak in an on-shore fuel tank at a McMurdo Station helicopter pad Feb. 19 resulted in a spill of roughly 6,500 gallons of diesel fuel.
		Personnel at McMurdo worked with officials at NSF and at Colorado—based Raytheon Polar Services, NSF's Antarctic logistics contractor, to develop the plans to transfer the fuel safely while protecting the environment of the McMurdo Sound.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2003-02/nsf-nca022703.php (679 words)

	Life in McMurdo Station
		McMurdo Station is the largest research station in Antarctica and is run by the United States.
		McMurdo is built on basalt, an igneous rock that comes from volcanic flows.
		McMurdo looks a lot like the northern towns in Canada, no trees, no old buildings, lots of 4WD vehicles, and plenty of snow.
	www.geophys.washington.edu /people/students/ginny/antarctica/mcm.htm (558 words)

	McMurdo Sights
		McMurdo Station, the largest of the three main US bases in Antarctica, has a summer population of about 1200 people, including scientists and military and civilian support personnel.
		Erebus is a 13,000 foot high active volcano about 25 miles from McMurdo Station; both are on Ross Island off the coast of Antarctica at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
		At that point, air traffic is restricted to the smaller LC-130's, equipped with skis, that land on a snow runway at Williams Field, about 6 miles from McMurdo.
	sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu /balloon/sights.html (204 words)

	Irma's Field Notebook: McMurdo Station, part I
		Although some early explorers had built huts in this area around the turn of the century, McMurdo Station was not established until December 1955.
		McMurdo is located just two miles from Scott Base, which is the New Zealand base.
		Ross Island (where McMurdo is located) was first discovered by Capt. James Clark Ross in 1841, and McMurdo Bay was named for his Lieutenant Archibald McMurdo.
	www.irmahale.com /1999e.html (2024 words)

	McMURDO FIRE DEPARTMENT
		It operates a fleet of engines and trucks from a station located within McMurdo township although during flight operations at least two engines are stationed at the operational airfield.
		The McMurdo Fire Department is the southern most regular fire department in the world made up of professional fire fighters who have been drawn from various fire departments throughout the USA.
		Because of the low Antarctic temperatures at this time of the year it was a risky mission for the RNZAF Hercules "Kiwi 588" under the command of wing commander Cummings.
	www.newzeal.com /theme/bases/Mcmurdo/MaccaFire.htm (533 words)

	Antarctic Culture
		McMurdo Station is the largest, with upwards of 1200 people at the height of the summer season.
		McMurdo becomes a messy place, with flowing streams and plenty of mud: "McMudhole." By January most of the snow is gone from around the station and McMurdo becomes known affectionately as "McDustbowl."
		For many years, then, McMurdo society was composed of four separate elements, each with its own rules and group culture: the Navy, the civilian contractor, the scientists, and the NSF managers.
	www.antarcticaonline.com /antarctica/culture/culture.htm (7618 words)

	Incident in Antarctica
		A: The alleged attacker is being held at McMurdo Station until Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrive there to conduct an investigation and to bring the individual back to the United States.
		The McMurdo Station manager is a deputized U.S. Marshal and is currently investigating the incident.
		The alleged attacker is being held at McMurdo; he is being observed around the clock and poses no threat to the station community.
	gladstone.uoregon.edu /~template/oct9_3.html (480 words)

	Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition
		The icebreakers' primary tasks are to open a channel from the ice edge to McMurdo Station and to ensure that the supply ships safely navigate the narrow channel in and out of the station.
		The first is to break a channel through the ice to Hut Point at McMurdo Station and to keep it open.
		Normally, the ice edge -- the place where the ice in McMurdo Sound meets open water -- would be found about 15 miles from McMurdo Station.
	www.asoc.org /Press/BaseActivities/Icebreaker/01.13.03.NSFPress.htm (823 words)

	Frontierwatch
		In the NSF press release, NSF prudently hedged its bets with the statement that the ANG would "evacuate several people from McMurdo Station", while last anyone heard at the lunchtables, the number of evacuees was to be two.
		Presently at McMurdo and Pole, several winter subjects are involved in a study called "Prevention of environment-induced decrements in mood and cognitive performance" [NSF/OPP Project 00-90343] in which environment-induced insomnia is recognized, as well as being a source of funds for some NSF grantees.
		In writing these women up, he attached to the documents the "No Cussing Contest" email in its entirety, all to be sent to HR in Denver, meaning this: in order not to get in trouble for an email that might offend Denver, the Station Manager is sending the email to Denver.
	www.bigdeadplace.com /frontierwatch.html (5522 words)

	Polar Science Station: Pop Goes Antarctica?
		However, he has spent a lot of time "on the ice." He has spent a summer and a winter at the South Pole Station, two summers and one winter at McMurdo Station, and a summer and a winter at Palmer Station.
		Science-he checks with nearby stations to see if they need to send data, and he makes sure that the science technician (here at Palmer) can send his daily reports back to scientists in the United States.
		We also use these hand-held radios around the station to contact someone who is not inside by a telephone.
	literacynet.org /polar/pop/html/journal/journal-2002-01-28.html (590 words)

	QuickBird Images - McMurdo Station, Antarctica
		Description: This 2.44-meter resolution natural color multispectral enlargement of the McMurdo Station is a full resolution image chip.
		The layout of the station is clearly visible, even at 2.44-meter resolution, with each of the multi-colored structures identifiable (e.g., the four yellow buildings on the left are some of the dorms) as are the fuel storage tanks just to the right of center.
		Visible on the overview are the station (located on the snow-free area to the right and the ice airfield in the lower left).
	www.ballaerospace.com /qb_im_mcmurdo.html (317 words)

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