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American Antarctic base
McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research station on the southern tip of Ross Island. It is operated by the United States through the United States
McMurdo_Station
American Antarctic transportation system
McMurdo Station transportation involves many types of land (ground), sea, and air transportation. In addition, there are many types of transports specialized
McMurdo Station transportation
McMurdo_Station_transportation
Geographic location
Archibald McMurdo of HMS Terror. The sound serves as a resupply route for cargo ships and airplanes that land on floating ice airstrips near McMurdo Station. The
McMurdo_Sound
American government initiative
Science (AIMS) is a ten-year construction project to upgrade and update McMurdo Station's infrastructure. Starting in 2021, the project will build about 370
United States Antarctic Program
United_States_Antarctic_Program
Landform in Antarctica
166.69 Observation Hill is a steep 754-foot (230 m) hill adjacent to McMurdo Station in Antarctica and commonly called "Ob Hill". It is frequently climbed
Observation Hill (McMurdo Station)
Observation_Hill_(McMurdo_Station)
Highway in Antarctica
levelling snow and filling in crevasses; flags mark its route from McMurdo Station across the Ross Ice Shelf to the Leverett Glacier, where the route
South_Pole_Traverse
Scottish naval officer and polar explorer
McMurdo (24 September 1812 – 11 December 1875) was a Scottish naval officer and polar explorer after whom Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, McMurdo Station
Archibald_McMurdo
Island in Ross Sea, Antarctica
Ross Island is an island in Antarctica lying on the east side of McMurdo Sound and extending 43 nautical miles (80 km; 49 mi) from Cape Bird in the north
Ross_Island
US scientific research station at the South Pole, Antarctica
Traverse after it is opened; this traverse links the station to Scott Base and McMurdo Station on Ross Island since 2005 and reduces the number of flights
Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station
Amundsen–Scott_South_Pole_Station
New Zealand's territorial claim in Antarctica
scientific bases of Scott Base (New Zealand), McMurdo Station (US), Zucchelli Station (Italy) and Jang Bogo Station (South Korea) are the only permanently occupied
Ross_Dependency
Antarctica weather classification system
and other staff vary both by stations and by nations. Below is the classification for weather conditions at McMurdo Station: Below is the classification
Antarctica Weather Danger Classification
Antarctica_Weather_Danger_Classification
New Zealand Antarctic base
New Zealand. The base is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the larger U.S. McMurdo Station via Willy Field road, the main road to Williams Field. Scott Base was
Scott_Base
Landform on Ross Island, Antarctica
Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. McMurdo Station (US) and Scott Base (NZ) are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula. It
Hut_Point_Peninsula
Snow-free valleys in Antarctica
The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a series of largely snow-free desert valleys on the continental coastline of Victoria Land, Antarctica, east of the East Antarctic
McMurdo_Dry_Valleys
Volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica
Scientific study of the volcano is also facilitated by its proximity to McMurdo Station (U.S.) and Scott Base (New Zealand), both sited on the same island
Mount_Erebus
Antarctic base in the United States
such as the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Dependent upon the weather conditions at the time, helicopters are able to fly in and out of the station 24 hours a day
Marble_Point
American church at McMurdo Station in Antarctica
Snows is a non-denominational Christian church at the United States' McMurdo Station on Ross Island, Antarctica. Initially built from scrap material in
Chapel_of_the_Snows
year, the United States built McMurdo Station and Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, and the Soviet Union built Mirny Station. The Antarctic Treaty, first
Research stations in Antarctica
Research_stations_in_Antarctica
Antarctic ice runway
ice in McMurdo Sound) "Blue Ice Runways in Antarctica". Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station. Retrieved 2008-09-22. "A New Runway for McMurdo Station is Named"
Blue_ice_runway
at McMurdo Station, US; cable system with six channels (note: information for US bases only, 2002) Television channels several hundred at McMurdo Station
Telecommunications in Antarctica
Telecommunications_in_Antarctica
Outdoor music festival
Icestock is an all-day, outdoor music festival held annually at McMurdo Station, Antarctica on or around New Year's Day. It was started in 1989 by three
Icestock
Airstrip in Antarctica
a U.S. military mission to build a permanent science research station at McMurdo Station in anticipation of the International Geophysical Year 1957–58
Williams_Field
US operations in Antarctica
thousand pounds of food by air to McMurdo station. Ice pier List of Antarctic expeditions McMurdo Sound McMurdo Station Military activity in the Antarctic
Operation_Deep_Freeze
Airport in Ross Island, Antarctica
early 2017, designed to replace the Pegasus Field's role in serving McMurdo Station. In last few years of Pegasus Field's operation, it had been plagued
Phoenix_Airfield
for its bases in Antarctica, based out of McMurdo Station. AFAN McMurdo or McMurdo Sound is an FM radio station broadcasting on 93.9 MHz with 30 W and 104
American Forces Antarctic Network
American_Forces_Antarctic_Network
Sea ice airport for McMurdo Station, Antarctica
McMurdo Sound for the U.S. Antarctic Program during the summer Antarctic field season in proximity to Hut Point Peninsula, which has McMurdo Station and
Ice_Runway
Mountain group in Victoria Land, Antarctica
Welcome Mountain. Named by US-ACAN for Michael A. de Camp, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1966-67. 72°20′S 160°01′E / 72.333°S 160.017°E / -72.333; 160.017
Outback_Nunataks
Culinary tradition
the line at eating Obama-era chicken". Fresh food was flown in from McMurdo Station: "'Weather delay' or 'mechanical delay' on the board meant no 'freshies'—what
Food_in_Antarctica
carving a path through ice in the McMurdo Sound on its 29th "Deep Freeze" deployment to allow ships to resupply McMurdo Station. NASA's Payload for Ultrahigh
2026_in_Antarctica
research are present in the waters of the treaty region. The largest station, McMurdo Station, has a summer population of about 1,000 people and a winter population
Demographics_of_Antarctica
Fighting fires on the continent of Antarctica
The department maintains two fire stations at McMurdo, Station 1 and Station 2. Station 1 is located in central McMurdo and operates in the urban center
Firefighting_in_Antarctica
Antarctic research station
McMurdo Station and other navigational errors had occurred prior to the crash. The cape was the location of a joint scientific base, Hallett Station,
Cape_Hallett
2007 documentary film by Werner Herzog
instead explore the dreams of the people and the landscape. Arriving at McMurdo Station, the two-man crew interview some maintenance and support workers and
Encounters at the End of the World
Encounters_at_the_End_of_the_World
Time zones of Antarctica
zone of their supply base is often utilised (e.g., McMurdo Station and Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station use New Zealand time due to their main supply base
Time_in_Antarctica
Antarctic research station in Marie Byrd Land
included McMurdo, Hallett, Wilkes, Admundsen-Scott (South Pole Station), Ellsworth, and Little America. Construction of a second underground station in a
Byrd_Station
Online newspaper
summer of 1997–98 to 2006–07, The Antarctic Sun has been produced at McMurdo Station between the months of October and February. Since October 2007, it
The_Antarctic_Sun
For-profit athletics race
States Air Force personnel on duty at McMurdo Station, as well as Kiwis from New Zealand's nearby research station, Scott Base. Many participants run the
Antarctica_Marathon
Earth's southernmost continent
ice sheet occur mainly in the McMurdo Dry Valleys or various oases. Lake Vostok, discovered beneath Russia's Vostok Station, is the largest subglacial lake
Antarctica
1998 comic book series by Greg Rucka
murdering a criminal in a blind rage. As punishment, she's sent to McMurdo Station in Antarctica where she establishes herself as someone not to be messed
Whiteout_(comic_book)
Joint NZ-US Research Site
Heights in Antarctica. The laboratory is staffed by personnel from both McMurdo Station (US) and Scott Base (NZ). The United States proposed the creation of
Arrival_Heights_Laboratory
Russian research station in Antarctica
Vostok Station (Russian: станция Восток, romanized: stantsiya Vostok, IPA: [ˈstant͡sɨjə vɐˈstok], lit. 'station east') is a Russian research station in inland
Vostok_Station
Airport in Ross Island, Antarctica
airstrip in Antarctica, the southernmost of three airfields serving McMurdo Station. It closed due to excessive melting in the summer season caused by
Pegasus_Field
1979 aircraft accident in Antarctica
altitude authorised by the US ATC at McMurdo Station, and that the radio communications centre at McMurdo Station had indeed authorised Collins to descend
Mount_Erebus_disaster
Airport in South Pole, Antarctica
per week of ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules aircraft from McMurdo Station to supply the station. Additionally, Kenn Borek Air Twin Otters and DC-3s visit
Jack_F._Paulus_Skiway
United States Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron
based at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California with forward operating bases at Christchurch, New Zealand, and McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Established
VXE-6
2013 film
United States' McMurdo Station and New Zealand's Scott Base. It chronicles a year of time spent living and working at these remote stations; the summer season
Antarctica:_A_Year_on_Ice
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
Ronne Expedition F. Ronne E. Ronne Schlossbach Operation Deep Freeze McMurdo Station Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition Hillary V. Fuchs Soviet Antarctic
Reinhold_Messner
United States research station in Antarctica
National Science Foundation. The base is much smaller than McMurdo, the largest US station, and is focused on marine and biology research such as seabirds
Palmer_Station
Ocean around Antarctica
operational ports include: Rothera Station, Palmer Station, Villa Las Estrellas, Esperanza Base, Mawson Station, McMurdo Station, and offshore anchorages in
Southern_Ocean
Satellite ground station on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
station contract for NASA's planned Earth Observing System (EOS). NASA was considering locating the ground station in Greenland, at McMurdo Station in
Svalbard_Satellite_Station
Mountain range in Antarctica
Herbert W. Pollock, United States Navy, construction electrician at McMurdo Station, 1962 and 1967. 73°49′S 162°56′E / 73.817°S 162.933°E / -73.817;
Deep_Freeze_Range
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
Ferrar, in the first sledging trip from the expedition's winter quarters in McMurdo Sound, a journey which established a safe route on to the Great Ice Barrier
Ernest_Shackleton
Man-made structure used to assist the unloading of ships in Antarctica
the first floating ice pier at Antarctica’s southernmost sea port at McMurdo Station in 1973. Ice piers have been in use each summer season since, at McMurdo's
Ice_pier
Transportation methods in Antarctica
South Pole Traverse (McMurdo–South Pole highway) is approximately 1,450 km (900 mi) long and links the United States McMurdo Station on the coast to the
Transport_in_Antarctica
Military unit
States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Established at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland on 17 January 1955
VX-6
Army nuclear power plant program. The PM-3A nuclear power reactor at McMurdo Station was plagued with reliability issues (achieving an availability factor
Colonization_of_Antarctica
Mountain in Antarctica
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a visitor at McMurdo Station, 1966-67. 71°44′S 168°48′E / 71.733°S 168.800°E / -71.733; 168.800
Mount_Minto_(Antarctica)
Abandoned Middle Age Norse settlements
Ronne Expedition F. Ronne E. Ronne Schlossbach Operation Deep Freeze McMurdo Station Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition Hillary V. Fuchs Soviet Antarctic
Norse settlements in Greenland
Norse_settlements_in_Greenland
Station 39 Italy Mawson Station 672 Australia Can be direct dialed. McMurdo Station 1-720-568 64-240-9 United States Common numbering between McMurdo
List of telephone country codes
List_of_telephone_country_codes
Range of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica
Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Jean P. Whitcomb, radio scientist at McMurdo Station, 1965–66 and 1966–67. 73°14′S 165°54′E / 73.233°S 165.900°E / -73
Mountaineer_Range
overnight, and was en route back to McMurdo Station. In 1973 the Thiel Earth Science Laboratory (TESL) at McMurdo Station was dedicated, which was named after
Edward_C._Thiel
Group of mountains and peaks of the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica
of the University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg), geologist at McMurdo Station in 1964–65. 85°44′S 158°41′W / 85.733°S 158.683°W / -85.733; -158
Hays_Mountains
Regions around Earth's geographical poles
of now. McMurdo Station is the largest research station in Antarctica, run by the United States. Other notable stations include Palmer Station and Amundsen–Scott
Polar_regions
Bight in Antarctica
infrasonic array on Windless Bight about 26 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of McMurdo Station. The lack of surface winds reduces background noise that might interfere
Windless_Bight
English explorer (born 1944)
Ronne Expedition F. Ronne E. Ronne Schlossbach Operation Deep Freeze McMurdo Station Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition Hillary V. Fuchs Soviet Antarctic
Ranulph_Fiennes
2009 film by Dominic Sena
evidence of murder by ice axe. Stetko considers sending the body to McMurdo Station to avoid spending the winter in Antarctica, but she instead continues
Whiteout_(2009_film)
Hut in Antarctica
housed his party during the winter of 1908. When Shackleton went into McMurdo Sound in 1908, having failed to land on King Edward VII Land, he decided
Shackleton's_Hut
August 2016. Brocchetto, Marilia (26 February 2012). "Fire at Antarctica station kills 2 Brazilian sailors". CNN. Archived from the original on 5 March
List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll
List_of_disasters_in_Antarctica_by_death_toll
American army officer
female U.S. Army officer in Antarctica, and the first woman to manage McMurdo Station. Karen Schwall was from Crystal Lake, Illinois, and attended the University
Karen_Schwall
Norwegian polar explorer (1872–1928)
before going on to Nome on Alaska's Pacific coast. The nearest telegraph station was 500 mi (800 km) away in Eagle.[contradictory] Amundsen travelled there
Roald_Amundsen
Crater on Mars
McMurdo is a crater in the Mare Australe quadrangle of Mars, located at 84.4° S and 359.1° W. It has a diameter of 30.3 km and is named after McMurdo
McMurdo_(crater)
Autonomous territory of Denmark
Raven Skiway. There is a year-round station Summit Camp on the ice sheet, established in 1989. The radio station Jørgen Brønlund Fjord was, until 1950
Greenland
Ski-equipped military transport aircraft
cargo and personnel from the McMurdo Station to field stations and camps, including the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station. The aircraft are equipped with
Lockheed_LC-130
Bay in Antarctica
Winter Quarters Bay with fuel and cargo to re-supply the adjacent U.S. McMurdo Station at 77°50′S 166°40′E / 77.833°S 166.667°E / -77.833; 166.667. The
Winter_Quarters_Bay
American heavy military transport aircraft
operate in the Antarctic, capable of operating from Williams Field near McMurdo Station. The C-5 Galaxy was a major supply asset in the international coalition
Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy
Glacier in Antarctica
Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for David W. Calfee, field assistant at McMurdo Station, 1965-66. 74°20′S 161°55′E / 74.333°S 161.917°E / -74.333; 161.917
Reeves_Glacier
American scientist
theories. They are given legitimacy by an alleged message transmitted to McMurdo Station in 1971. The author of the message, claiming to be Disch, stated that
Carl_R._Disch
2015-08-03. "U.S. Antarctic Program Participant Guide, 2016-2018 CHAPTER 7: Stations and Ships" (PDF). usap.gov. p. 68. Archived (PDF) from the original on
List of emergency telephone numbers
List_of_emergency_telephone_numbers
Glacier in Antarctica
(US-ACAN) for James R. Rastorfer, USARP biologist at McMurdo Station in 1967-68 and Palmer Station in 1968-69. 71°56′S 167°41′E / 71.933°S 167.683°E
Tucker_Glacier
Anorthoclase crystal found in Antarctica
feldspar) found in the immediate area surrounding Mount Erebus near McMurdo Station, Antarctica. This type of feldspar is rich in sodium, potassium, and
Erebus_crystal
American writer (1915–2001)
Charles Neider (January 18, 1915 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire – July 4, 2001, in Princeton, New Jersey) was an American writer, known
Charles_Neider
American four engine military transport aircraft
Airlift Wing. The C-17s fly round trip between Christchurch Airport and McMurdo Station around October each year and take 5 hours to fly each way. In 2006
Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III
1988 novel by William Brinkley
is uncontaminated and teeming with local wildlife. They arrive at McMurdo Station, which is abandoned, but contains twelve years' worth of food and supplies
The_Last_Ship_(novel)
Optical phenomenon
actual mirage. From McMurdo Station in Antarctica, Fata Morganas are often seen during the Antarctic spring and summer, across McMurdo Sound. An Antarctic
Fata_Morgana_(mirage)
Skidoo snowmobile
their riders stranded. The Élan snowmobile was used in Antarctica at McMurdo Station. 250 single - Rotax 247. 246,8 cc. 69x66 mm. 12 hp 292 SS - Rotax single
Elan_(snowmobile)
Mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica
administrative assistant at McMurdo Station in the 1972-73 and 1973-74 seasons; he was station manager at South Pole Station in 1975. 77°41′S 161°06′E
Inland_Forts
Antarctic research station in Ross Ice Shelf
Station Framheim Hallett Station List of Antarctic expeditions McMurdo Station Operation Deep Freeze Palmer Station Plateau Station Research stations
Little America (exploration base)
Little_America_(exploration_base)
Antarctic research station in Kemp Land
Inaccessibility research station (Russian: Полюс недоступности, Polyus nedostupnosti) is a defunct Soviet research station in Kemp Land, Antarctica,
Pole of Inaccessibility research station
Pole_of_Inaccessibility_research_station
Mountain in Ross Dependency, Antarctica
US-ACAN for John P. Katsufrakis, USARP radio scientist at McMurdo Station, 1963-64, and Byrd Station, 1964-65 and 1965-66. 82°53′S 162°36′E / 82.883°S 162
Mount_Markham
Valley in Antarctica
Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John S. Pearse, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1961, and the season 1961–62. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
Pearse_Valley
the U.S. research facility Palmer Station is in UTC−03:00, while McMurdo Station and Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station use UTC+12:00 in order to coordinate
Time_in_the_United_States
Antarctic mountain range
Bela Csejtey, U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geologist at McMurdo Station, 1962–63. 82°18′S 155°04′E / 82.300°S 155.067°E / -82.300; 155.067
Geologists_Range
Icelandic explorer, athlete and artist
Ronne Expedition F. Ronne E. Ronne Schlossbach Operation Deep Freeze McMurdo Station Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition Hillary V. Fuchs Soviet Antarctic
Fiann_Paul
Mountain range in Antarctica
for Douglas C. Thompson, USARP cosmic rays scientist at McMurdo Station, 1963; South Pole Station, 1965. 84°27′S 167°21′E / 84.450°S 167.350°E / -84
Adams_Mountains
British explorer and naval officer (1728–1779)
Ronne Expedition F. Ronne E. Ronne Schlossbach Operation Deep Freeze McMurdo Station Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition Hillary V. Fuchs Soviet Antarctic
James_Cook
Topics referred to by the same term
McMurdo is a surname, as well as a name given to many places in Antarctica, including: McMurdo Station, a station at the southern tip of Ross Island in
McMurdo_(disambiguation)
Thule AFB Maersk Peary off-loading fuel at the McMurdo Station, Antarctica Maersk Peary at the McMurdo Station, Antarctica "Come on-board the darling of the
Maersk_Peary
Geographic location
as the pole of inaccessibility is the site of the Soviet Union research station mentioned below, which was constructed at 82°6′S 54°58′E / 82.100°S 54
Pole_of_inaccessibility
Coastal range in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica
photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for H.T.U. Smith, USARP geologist at McMurdo Station, 1963-64. 82°08′S 163°40′E / 82.133°S 163.667°E / -82.133; 163.667
Nash_Range
1845–48 British failed Arctic exploration
Ronne Expedition F. Ronne E. Ronne Schlossbach Operation Deep Freeze McMurdo Station Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition Hillary V. Fuchs Soviet Antarctic
Franklin's_lost_expedition
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