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Occupation of Antarctica Ends With McMurdo Station Realm
McMurdo Station marks the American beachhead as Antarctica hosts 3,000 personnel from a dozen nations at outposts and bases. The summer season runs October to March and many winter over, with limited power and heat, nuclear tests, and logistics shaping life on the frozen continent.
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Mcmurdo Station
Antarctica
Arctica
New York
New Zealand
James R. Reedy
U.S. Naval
Navy
Cape Armitage
Ross Island
Hawaii
Mt. Erubus
Antartica
Bay
McMurdo Sound
Royal Society
Bernard Spoerli
Baden
Switzerland
University of Minnesota
U.S
New Williams Field
Williams Field
Chrischchurch
Antarctic
Observation Hill
Robert Falcon Scott
South Pole
Ross Ice Shelf
Civilization
J C Robert Smith
Carmel
N.Y
John Hutchinson
Oyster Bay
Hutchinson