Anvers Island
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Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island 61 km long, the largest in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was discovered by John Biscoe in 1
Palmer Station
Neumayer Channel shown here, separates Anvers Island from Wiencke Island and Doumer Island to the east
Anvers Island's Mount Francis (elevation 2 760 m)
Palmer Station
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Palmer Station is a United States research station in Antarctica located on Anvers island, the only U.S. station on the continent located north of the Antarctic Circle. The first Palmer was built in 1
Anvers Island
…to the U.S. Government on 2 July 1963, which converted it into a biological laboratory in January 1965 for use by American scientists at the nearby Palmer Station. The British station was open in support of an air facility from 1969 until 1971. It was destroyed by fire on 28 December 1971, while being renovated…
Sign for Palmer Station, 2013
Gentoo penguins near Palmer Station
RN73 Radionuclide detector
BioLab, the main building at Palmer