McMurdo Station (USA)

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McMurdo Station is a US scientific research facility located at the southern tip of Ross Island, chosen as the most southerly point on the Earth that can be supplied by ship. McMurdo is the largest facility on the Antarctic continent, with 1000 staff in summer, and 200 in winter.

astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/mcmurdo/

www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/livingsouthpole/intro....
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMurdo_Station
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Coordinates:   77°50'38"S   166°40'52"E

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  • Seeing many Antarctic stations, this one looks the biggest of them all. It's just like a little town with the permanent population reaching almost 1 000 people.