Marble Point

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Marble Point, Antarctica, is a rocky promontory on the coast of Victoria Land located at 77° 26'' S latitude and 163° 50'' E longitude. The United States operates a station at the point. The outpost is used as a helicopter refueling station supporting scientific research in the nearby continental interior such as the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Weather permitting, helicopters are able to fly in and out of the station 24 hours a day during the summer research season. Marble Point''s relatively flat terrain facilitated construction in 1957 of a now-defunct dirt airstrip.The station''s remote location and adjoining frozen sea have largely stemmed tourism in the area. However, the Russian icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov conducts cruises in the Ross Sea and McMurdo Sound. In 1993, the icebreaker docked at fast ice offshore Marble Point. Tourists aboard helicopters launched from the icebreaker flew excursions into the McMurdo Dry Valleys.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 72
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131621642
• ISBN-10: 6131621640
• Artikelnr.: 29779386