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Palmer
last update: Feb 05, 2008 10:44 AM
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Antarctic Base
Nationality: USA
Basic Information
Location: (64°46'30"S, 64°03'04"W) On the southwestern coast of Anvers Island in the Antarctica Peninsula.
Completed: 1968.
Radio Sign: KC4AAC.
History
Palmer Station is named after Nathaniel B. Palmer, an American sealer.
Science
Palmer focuses mainly on the pelagic marine ecosystem (biological studies of birds, seals, and other components of the marine ecosystem). It has a large and well equipped laboratory and sea water aquaria. In addition to marine studies, Meteorology, upper atmosphere physics and glaciology research projects have been conducted at Palmer. Palmer station does a lot of work with the research ship R/V Lawrence Gould.
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