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61 relations: Admiral, Amateur radio, Amsler Island, Antarctic Circle, Antarctic field camps, Antarctica, Anvers Island, Argentina, Bergen, Cape Horn, Chile, Cinema of Japan, Circa, Douglas DC-8, Drake Passage, Englewood, Colorado, Fairbanks, Alaska, Gamage Point, Geology, George Kennedy, Glaciology, Glenn Ford, Graham Land, Heliophysics, Hero Inlet, Hull (watercraft), Ice, Icebreaker, Internet Radio Linking Project, Lightning, List of airports in Antarctica, Marine biology, Marine geology, NASA, Nathaniel Palmer, National Science Foundation, Oceanography, Orange, California, Paleontology, Paramus, New Jersey, Port, Punta Arenas, Radio receiver, Raytheon Polar Services Company, Research station, Research vessel, RV Laurence M. Gould, RV Polar Duke, Sea ice, Seismology, ..., Strait of Magellan, Time in Chile, Ultraviolet, United States, United States Antarctic Program, United States Coast Guard, USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11), USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10), Virus, Virus (1980 film), Western Hemisphere. Expand index (11 more) »
Admiral
Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies, and in many navies is the highest rank.
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Amateur radio
Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, describes the use of radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communication.
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Amsler Island
Amsler Island is located off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Antarctic Circle
The Antarctic Circle is the most southerly of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth.
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Antarctic field camps
Many Antarctic research stations support satellite field camps which are, in general, seasonal camps.
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Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.
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Anvers Island
Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island long, the largest in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.
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Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.
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Bergen
Bergen, historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Hordaland on the west coast of Norway.
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Cape Horn
Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island.
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Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
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Cinema of Japan
The has a history that spans more than 100 years.
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Circa
Circa, usually abbreviated c., ca. or ca (also circ. or cca.), means "approximately" in several European languages (and as a loanword in English), usually in reference to a date.
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Douglas DC-8
The Douglas DC-8 (also known as the McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is an American four-engine long-range narrow-body jet airliner built from 1958 to 1972 by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
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Drake Passage
The Drake Passage or Mar de Hoces—Sea of Hoces—is the body of water between South America's Cape Horn and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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Englewood, Colorado
The City of Englewood is a Home Rule Municipality located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States.
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Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.
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Gamage Point
Gamage Point is a rock point that marks the north side of the entrance to Hero Inlet on the southwest side of Anvers Island.
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Geology
Geology (from the Ancient Greek γῆ, gē, i.e. "earth" and -λoγία, -logia, i.e. "study of, discourse") is an earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time.
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George Kennedy
George Harris Kennedy Jr. (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 200 film and television productions.
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Glaciology
Glaciology (from Latin: glacies, "frost, ice", and Ancient Greek: λόγος, logos, "subject matter"; literally "study of ice") is the scientific study of glaciers, or more generally ice and natural phenomena that involve ice.
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Glenn Ford
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006) was a Canadian-born actor who held dual Canadian and American citizenship.
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Graham Land
Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.
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Heliophysics
The term heliophysics means "physics of the Sun" (the prefix "helio", from Attic Greek hḗlios, means Sun), and appears to have been used only in that sense until quite recently.
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Hero Inlet
Hero Inlet is a narrow inlet at the south side of Palmer Station between Gamage Point and Bonaparte Point, along the southwest side of Anvers Island in Antarctica.
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Hull (watercraft)
The hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat.
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Ice
Ice is water frozen into a solid state.
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Icebreaker
An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships.
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Internet Radio Linking Project
The Internet Radio Linking Project, also called IRLP, is a closed-source project that links amateur radio stations around the world by using Voice over IP (VoIP).
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Lightning
Lightning is a sudden electrostatic discharge that occurs typically during a thunderstorm.
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List of airports in Antarctica
This is a list of airports in Antarctica, sorted by location.
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Marine biology
Marine biology is the scientific study of marine life, organisms in the sea.
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Marine geology
Marine geology or geological oceanography is the study of the history and structure of the ocean floor.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
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Nathaniel Palmer
Nathaniel Brown Palmer (8 August 179921 June 1877) was an American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer.
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National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering.
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Oceanography
Oceanography (compound of the Greek words ὠκεανός meaning "ocean" and γράφω meaning "write"), also known as oceanology, is the study of the physical and biological aspects of the ocean.
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Orange, California
Orange is a city located in Orange County, California.
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Paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).
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Paramus, New Jersey
Paramus (with the accent on the second syllableWagoner, Walier H., The New York Times, February 16, 1966. Accessed December 25, 2011. "Paramus – pronounced puh-RAHM-us, with the accent on the second syllable – may have taken its name from 'perremus' or 'perymus,' Indian for 'land of the turkey'.") is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
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Port
A port is a maritime commercial facility which may comprise one or more wharves where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo.
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Punta Arenas
Punta Arenas (historically Sandy Point in English) is the capital city of Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena.
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Radio receiver
In radio communications, a radio receiver (receiver or simply radio) is an electronic device that receives radio waves and converts the information carried by them to a usable form.
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Raytheon Polar Services Company
Raytheon Polar Services Company (RPSC) is a division of Raytheon that provided logistics, operations, and staffing for the National Science Foundation's operations in Antarctica and Antarctic waters.
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Research station
A research station is a station that is built for the purpose of conducting scientific research.
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Research vessel
A research vessel (RV or R/V) is a ship or boat designed, modified, or equipped to carry out research at sea.
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RV Laurence M. Gould
RV Laurence M. Gould is an icebreaker used by researchers from the United States' National Science Foundation.
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RV Polar Duke
The RV Polar Duke is a 219-foot ice-strengthened research vessel built in 1983.
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Sea ice
Sea ice arises as seawater freezes.
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Seismology
Seismology (from Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós) meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (-logía) meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies.
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Strait of Magellan
The Strait of Magellan, also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south.
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Time in Chile
Time in Chile is divided into three time zones.
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Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet (UV) is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength from 10 nm to 400 nm, shorter than that of visible light but longer than X-rays.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Antarctic Program
The 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.
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United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's seven uniformed services.
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USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11)
USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) is a United States Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker.
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USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10)
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) is a United States Coast Guard heavy icebreaker.
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Virus
A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms.
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Virus (1980 film)
(literal translation: Day of Resurrection) is a 1980 Japanese post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, based on Sakyo Komatsu's eponymous novel.
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Western Hemisphere
The Western Hemisphere is a geographical term for the half of Earth which lies west of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and east of the antimeridian.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Station
