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Automatic Observatories PDF Print E-mail
Written by Allan Weatherwax   
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 00:00
Automatic Geophysical Observatories
 
South Pole Station PDF Print E-mail
Written by Allan Weatherwax   
Sunday, 24 August 2008 00:00
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station sits at the Earth's axis, atop a constantly shifting continental ice sheet several miles thick. Perhaps the world's most remote research facility, the station lies at the heart of a continent cut off from the rest of the globe by a circulating Southern Ocean current...
 
Palmer Station PDF Print E-mail
Written by Allan Weatherwax   
Sunday, 24 August 2008 00:00

The Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) study area is located to the west of the Antarctic Peninsula extending South and North of the Palmer Basin from onshore to several hundred kilometers off shore. Palmer Station is one of the three United States research stations located in Antarctica. It is on Anvers Island midway down the Antarctic Peninsula at latitude 64.7 South, longitude 64.0 West.

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