Base camp in the Taylor Valley, Antarctica
by Alessandra Sciarra, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italia
During December 2019 to January 2020, 40 remote field days were carried out covering an area of about 30 km2 in really extreme conditions. The location is the Dry Valleys, considered the largest ice-free regions in Antarctica and one of the harshest permafrost conditions on Earth.
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- Polar regions (196)
- Antarctic (122)
- Exact location (163.2921 E, -77.6033 S)
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Taken on 11
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2021
Submitted on 11 March 2021
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Alessandra Sciarra (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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