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| Ice Ice is a solid phase, usually crystalline, of a non-metalic substance that is liquid or gas at room temperature, such as ammonia ice or methane ice. However, the word "ice" normally means water ice, technically restricted to one of the 15 known crystalline phases of water. Ice
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| Automated teller machine An automated teller machine (ATM) is a computerized telecommunications device that provides the customers of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public space without the need for a human clerk or bank teller. On most modern ATMs, the customer is identified by inserting a plastic ATM card with a magnetic stripe or a plastic smartcard with a chip, that contains a unique card number and some security information, such as an expiration date or CVC (CVV). Automated_teller_machine
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| Public domain image resources Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources
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| Igloo An igloo (Inuit language: iglu, Inuktitut syllabics: แแกแ, "house", plural: iglooit or igluit, but in English commonly igloos), translated sometimes as snowhouse, is the Inuit word for house or habitation, and is not restricted exclusively to snowhouses but includes traditional tents, sod houses, homes constructed of driftwood and modern buildings.The Mackenzie Inuit Winter HouseReconstructing traditional Inuit house forms using three-dimensional interactive computer modelling Igloo
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| McMurdo Station McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island on the shore of McMurdo Sound, 2,200 miles (3,500 km) due south of New Zealand. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National Science Foundation. McMurdo_Station
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| Emperor Penguin Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern Emperor_Penguin
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| McMurdo Dry Valleys The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of valleys in Antarctica located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound. The region includes many interesting geological features including Lake Vida and the Onyx River, Antarctica's longest river. McMurdo_Dry_Valleys
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| Lake Vida |type = Endorheic Lake_Vida
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| Christchurch |subdivision_type1 = Island Christchurch
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| Antarctica Service Medal The Antarctica Service Medal was established by the United States Congress on July 7, 1960 under Public Law 600 of the 86th Congress.http://www. Antarctica_Service_Medal
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| National Snow and Ice Data Center The National Snow and Ice Data Center, or NSIDC, is a United States information and referral center in support of polar and cryospheric research. NSIDC archives and distributes digital and analog snow and ice data and also maintains information about snow cover, avalanches, glaciers, ice sheets, freshwater ice, sea ice, ground ice, permafrost, atmospheric ice, paleoglaciology, and ice cores. National_Snow_and_Ice_Data_Center
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| Byrd Polar Research Center == History == Byrd_Polar_Research_Center
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| McMurdo Sound The ice-clogged waters of Antarctica's McMurdo Sound extend about 55 km (35 mi) long and wide. The sound encompasses 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) of shoreline which opens to the Ross Sea to the north. McMurdo_Sound
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| Picture of the day/December 2004 Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2004
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| United States Antarctic Program United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the continent of Antarctica. It co-ordinates research and the operational support for research in the region. United_States_Antarctic_Program
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| Picture of the day/December 25, 2004 Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_25,_2004
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| Picture of the day/December 28, 2004 Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_28,_2004
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| Nathaniel B. Palmer (icebreaker) The Nathaniel B. Palmer is an ice-capable research ship in the service of the U. Nathaniel_B._Palmer_(icebreaker)
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