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The McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research center on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National Science Foundation. The station is the largest community in Antarctica, capable of supporting up to 1,258 residents, and serves as one of three United States Antarctic science facilities. All personnel and cargo going to or coming from Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station first pass through McMurdo.
The station owes its designation to nearby McMurdo Sound, named after Lieutenant Archibald McMurdo of HMS Terror, which first charted the area in 1841 under the command of British explorer James Clark Ross. British explorer Robert Falcon Scott first established a base close to this spot in 1902 and built Discovery Hut, still standing adjacent to the harbor at Hut Point. The United States officially opened its first station at McMurdo on February 16, 1956. Founders initially called the station Naval Air Facility McMurdo. On November 28, 1957, Admiral George J. Dufek was present with a U.S. congressional delegation during a change of command ceremony.


 

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McMurdo Station Antarctica

Collectors request

Requested by Elgin E. Sink


 

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Locy Type 11
USAF McMurdo / Antarctica
APO AP 96599

Collectors request

Requested by Elgin E. Sink


 

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USAF McMurdo Antarctica
APO AP 96599

PENGUINSCIENCE.COM marking
Ross Sea Antarctica

Requested by Elgin E. Sink


 

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USAF McMurdo Antarctica
APO AP 96599

McMurdo Station Antarctica Triangle marking

Requested by Elgin E. Sink


 

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Personal note from the XO
Navy Cargo Handling Battalion One

Requested by Elgin E. Sink

 


 

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