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Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
The U.S.'s new Elevated Station, built at a cost of US$165,000,000.00 and due for completion in early 2008, replaces 'the Dome', as the old station, housed under a geodesic dome built from 1971 to 1975, was known.
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Lemaire Channel
This steep-sided channel - just 1600m (5250ft) wide - runs for 11km (7mi) between the mountains of Booth Island and the Peninsula. So photogenic that it's been dubbed 'Kodak Gap', the passageway is only visible once you're nearly inside it. The channel was first navigated by the Belgian de Gerlache in 1898 and named after a Belgian explorer of the Congo.
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Mawson Station
Australia's Mawson Station was established in February 1954. Named for Douglas Mawson, an Australian Antarctic explorer, it is the oldest continuously occupied station south of the Antarctic Circle. Mawson is approached through Iceberg Alley, a channel lined with huge tabular bergs that have run aground on underwater banks.
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