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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Warehouse23" data-source="post: 3070569" data-attributes="member: 27941">McMurdo is the main US base on the continent and is a funny cross between mining town (all the heavy support equipment moves through it) and college town (most of the science staff on the continent has lab space there, and field parties move through Mac-town. Add on to that dorm living and communal dining in the galley, and it's back to college sometimes!). Little known fact about McMurdo: there are three bars at McMurdo--a smoking bar (think biker bar on the ice), a trendy bar, and a wine/liquer/coffee bar (the former officer's club). The only penguins in the Dry Valleys where I work are mumified penguin remains of a little Adelie penguins who treked close to 100 km inland, over glaciers and crevasses, in a vain attempt to start a new colony.</blockquote>