Neatorama Posts Tagged "McMurdo"
Antarctica’s Nuclear Past...

Today it's hard to imagine a nuclear power plant i...  ...h there. But there was a small nuclear reactor at McMurdo Station in the 1960s, constructed to save money o...  ...uo;Nukey Poo” began producing power for the McMurdo station in 1962, and was refuelled for the first...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/07/23/Antarcticas-Nuclear-Past/
The Zippo at the Bottom of the World...

You’ve read accounts of life at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, many of them right here. I...  ...them right here. It seems that anyone who goes to McMurdo wants to write about it. I can understand why, as...  ...like nothing else on earth. Also, just getting to McMurdo is...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/05/16/The-Zippo-at-the-Bottom-of-the-World/
What It's Like To Be The Only Painter In Antarctica...

You’ve heard about artists suffering for the...  ...spend three months living alongside scientists at McMurdo Station, the continent's (relatively) bustling me...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/04/20/What-Its-Like-To-Be-The-Only-Painter-In-Antarctica/
There Was a Bowling Alley in Antarctica...

(Photo: US Antarctic Program)In 1961, the US Navy...  ...1961, the US Navy built a 2-lane bowling alley at McMurdo Station, the main American base in Antarctica. Th...  ...l used to live there (she actually got married at McMurdo ). One of her jobs there was that of pinsetter at...  ...uo;s mechanically simpler...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/04/10/Theres-a-Bowling-Alley-in-Antarctica/
Penguin Photobombs Coast Guard...

Big ship, large crew, little penguin. The crew of...  ...d Cutter Polar Star is in Antarctica, resupplying McMurdo Station before winter sets in. To get there, the...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/02/07/Penguin-Photobombs-Coast-Guard/
Antarctica Condition 1 Weather...

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz2SeEzxMuE](Video...  ...they've got it really rough. Here's a video from McMurdo Station, the main American research center in Ant...

https://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/02/Antarctica-Condition-1-Weather/
The 10 Strangest Fire Trucks Ever Built...

Why did this fire truck need such big tires? Becau...  ...in Antarctica. In 1974, this fire truck serviced McMurdo Station. It's one of ten of the oddest fire truck...

https://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/25/The-10-Strangest-Fire-Trucks-Ever-Built/
Celebrating Halloween In Antartica...

Photo: Mykie Hoban/FlickrThese happy food shaped r...  ...hese happy food shaped revellers are stationed at McMurdo research station in Antartica, but that didn't st...

https://www.neatorama.com/halloween/2012/08/23/Celebrating-Halloween-In-Antartica/
Snowmobile Chopper...

Weather is no obstacle or excuse for the committed...  ...hy Bob Sawicki and Toby Weisser, two mechanics at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, built this chopper-style s...  ...le from scraps four years ago:“This is what McMurdo is throwing away,” Sawicki proudly pointed...

https://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/10/Snowmobile-Chopper/




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