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2 days ago · According to the US National Science Foundation, “The station, which is 850 nautical miles south of McMurdo Station, is drifting with the ice sheet at about 10 meters (33 feet) each year.” Where It Got Its Name. The station is named after Roald Amundsen, who reached the South Pole in 1911, and Robert F. Scott, who reached it in 1912.
1 day ago · Antarctica, the world’s southernmost continent, is almost wholly covered by an ice sheet and is about 5.5 million square miles (14.2 million square km) in size. It is divided into East Antarctica (largely composed of a high ice-covered plateau) and West Antarctica (an archipelago of ice-covered mountainous islands).
1 day ago · Antarctic surface ice layer temperature trends between 1981 and 2007, based on thermal infrared observations made by a series of NOAA satellite sensors. Climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities occurs everywhere on Earth, and while Antarctica is less vulnerable to it than any other continent, [1] climate change in ...
2 days ago · McMurdo Air Station in Antarctica, one of the most treacherous airports globally, confronts pilots and crews with extreme challenges. Located on the ice-covered continent, the air station faces ...
5 days ago · Free itinerary for 3 days in McMurdo Station. Start your Antarctic adventure with a hearty breakfast at the unique Ice Runway Cafe, enjoying the views
1 day ago · While the ground station is searching for a signal, it may ‘lock on’ to a signal from a different spacecraft and wrongly identify it as the spacecraft being searched for. This is particularly common with spacecraft at Mars as multiple spacecraft are within the field of view of a single DSN antenna.
2 days ago · Paramount Comedy Ireland. VH1. VH1 Classic (Replaced by MTV Classic) Virgin Media Television. Virgin Media One – independent station. Virgin Media Two – independent station. Virgin Media Three – independent station. UTV – part of the ITV network. Note: BBC NI and UTV are based in Northern Ireland, RTÉ and Virgin Media Television in the ...
