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  • Transport in Antarctica has transformed from explorers crossing the isolated remote area of Antarctica by foot to a more open era due to human technologies...
    12 KB (1,696 words) - 08:01, 6 June 2023
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    permanent research stations in Antarctica and these bases are widely distributed. Unlike the drifting ice stations set up in the Arctic, the current research...
    78 KB (2,409 words) - 22:36, 23 August 2024
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    Antarctica (/ænˈtɑːrktɪkə/ ) is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded...
    139 KB (15,119 words) - 19:37, 23 August 2024
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    Kharkovchanka (category Land transport in Antarctica)
    Kharkovchankas were built in 1958, and shipped to Antarctica. They traversed from the ocean coast to the existing Soviet Vostok Station in February 1959. Two...
    6 KB (571 words) - 01:36, 28 May 2024
  • airports Research stations in Antarctica Transport in Antarctica Lyons, Jaclyn (4 December 2019). "Skiway teams make landing in the Arctic more accessible"...
    29 KB (688 words) - 14:38, 28 July 2024
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    Antarctic Snow Cruiser (category Land transport in Antarctica)
    under the direction of Thomas Poulter, intended to facilitate transport in Antarctica during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–41)...
    15 KB (1,332 words) - 20:13, 23 August 2024
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    Tourism started in Antarctica by the sea in the 1960s. Air overflights started in the 1970s with sightseeing flights by airliners from Australia and New...
    15 KB (1,793 words) - 18:02, 20 August 2024
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    Lada Niva (category Transport in Antarctica)
    The Niva was the first wheeled vehicle to spend more than 10 years in Antarctica, where the classic VAZ-2121 Niva (Lada Niva 1600) was used by the Soviet...
    52 KB (5,951 words) - 07:37, 20 July 2024
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    Antarctic gateway cities (category Transport in Antarctica)
    economic, ecological, and political connections to Antarctica. In the 1820s when mainland Antarctica was first discovered, the current gateway cities didn't...
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    995-mile-long (1,601 km) flagged route over compacted snow and ice in Antarctica that links McMurdo Station on the coast to the Amundsen–Scott South...
    11 KB (947 words) - 04:05, 18 April 2024
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    Snow coach (category Land transport in Antarctica)
    A snow coach is a specialized passenger transport vehicle designed to operate over snow or ice, similar to a large, multi-passenger snowcat equipped with...
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    southern 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...
    37 KB (3,123 words) - 19:28, 3 August 2024
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    Drake Passage (category Straits of Antarctica)
    Fifties blow around Antarctica and drive the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). As a result of Ekman Transport, water gets transported northward from the...
    24 KB (2,628 words) - 13:02, 17 August 2024
  • transport missions to Antarctica qualify for one day of service for each flight mission performed within a 24-hour time period. Civilians who work in...
    10 KB (891 words) - 04:15, 26 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Climate change in Antarctica
    everywhere on Earth, and while Antarctica is less vulnerable to it than any other continent, climate change in Antarctica has already been observed. There...
    97 KB (10,940 words) - 22:09, 3 August 2024
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    a presence in the Antarctica continent. Founded in 1959, the USAP manages all U.S. scientific research and related logistics in Antarctica as well as...
    38 KB (4,633 words) - 19:11, 26 May 2024
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    Poulter called Antarctic Snow Cruiser was intended to facilitate transport in Antarctica. While having several innovative features, it generally failed...
    22 KB (2,771 words) - 12:39, 17 August 2024
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    Ice pier (category Transport in Antarctica)
    wharf is a man-made structure used to assist the unloading of ships in Antarctica. It is constructed by pumping seawater into a contained area and allowing...
    15 KB (2,023 words) - 10:02, 25 October 2021
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    -75.000; -49.500 Argentine Antarctica (Spanish: Antártida Argentina or Sector Antártico Argentino) is an area on Antarctica claimed by Argentina as part...
    48 KB (4,254 words) - 16:47, 24 April 2024
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    The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the...
    110 KB (11,853 words) - 03:47, 31 July 2024
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