Palmer Station

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Palmer Station

Palmer Station, located on Anvers Island ([64.77° S 64.05° W]), is Antarctica's only U.S. station north of the Antarctic Circle. Although it is on an island, permanent ice often connects it with the mainland. Construction finished in 1968. Around 50 people can inhabit Palmer Station at one time. The station is named for Nathaniel B. Palmer, likely to have been the first person to see Antarctica. There are science labs in the station, as well as a dock and a helicopter pad.

The 1981 Japanese film Virus (Fukkatsu no hi) takes place largely at Palmer Station, with George Kennedy as Admiral Conway, the station's commanding officer.

External links

• [Map of the area]
• [Report from an adventure trip to Anvers Island with pictures]
• [British Antarctic Survey]
• [Stanford Space Telecommunications and Radioscience Research at Palmer Station]
• [Website about Palmer Station with a picture. The old British Station is also mentioned]
• [Picture]
• [A Palmer Station visit diary with a lot of pictures]
• [Another Palmer Station visit diary with a lot of pictures]
• [Picture]
• [A small Website in German language]
• [Website of Palmer Station]
• [Long term ecological research on Palmer Station]
• [Website about Palmer Station with a picture and a floorplan of Palmer Station]
• [Several links to other websites and pictures]
• [Good pictures of Anvers Island and Palmer Station]
• [NSF (National Science Foundation) Ultraviolet (UV) Monitoring Network with a picture]
• [A job description on Palmer Island]
• [Ocean Floor near Palmer Station mapped]
• [Small description of Palmer Station with several pictures]
• [some good pictures]
• [Pictures]
• [Scientists map ocean floor near Palmer Station]

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