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McMurdo Station, Antarctica, ~USA
This Antarctic Research Station is the largest inhabited community on the continent of Antarctica, located on Ross Island close to the mainland continent, supporting up to 1,258 residents depending on the time of year. McMurdo contains over 100 buildings and three functional airfields and is the United States’ chief research facility on Antarctica, operated by the United States Antarctic Program. Every single person that is heading to the South Pole has to come via McMurdo Station and during the 60s’ the USA ran a Nuclear Power Plant at the site intended to provide power, however now conventional fuel is used to run the station.
