Antarctic gateway cities
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The Antarctic gateway cities are five cities on the rim of the Southern Ocean through which nearly all cargo and personnel bound for Antarctica pass. From west to east, they are Punta Arenas, Chile; U
The Southern Cross docked in Hobart, Australia before its departure for Antarctica, December 17, 1898
A view of Ushuaia from the deck of an Antarctic cruise ship
A statue of Robert Falcon Scott in Christchurch. Scott traveled through Christchurch on his Discovery and Terra Nova expeditions.
Christchurch
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Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. Christchurch has an urban population of 407,800, and a metropolitan population
Antarctic gateway cities
…personnel bound for Antarctica pass. From west to east, they are Punta Arenas, Chile; Ushuaia, Argentina; Cape Town, South Africa; Hobart, Australia; and Christchurch, New Zealand. As Antarctica is a low-resource environment with no major transportation infrastructure of its own, gateway cities are a necessary part…
Panorama of northern parts of Christchurch Central City, New Zealand
The "Brill" Tram 178.New Regent St Christchurch.
View towards Akaroa from Little Akaloa Road, Canterbury, New Zealand
Hagley Park Aerial Photo