Great Wall Station

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China’s Great Wall station was established in 1985 and accommodates up to 80 people; recent winter crews have numbered about 12. During the 1987–88 season hundreds of domestic pigeons were freed in a ‘Dove of Peace’ ritual. Nearly all froze to death the same day. Researchers study everything from meteorology to seismology.