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4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in McMurdo Station, Antarctica

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A shift-image of McMurdo from afar, with Mt. Erebus looming in the background. (sandwichgirl/Flickr)

McMurdo Station, Antarctica

McMurdo Station

Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.

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Erebus Ice Tongue Caves

Southern Ocean waters and glacial forces transform the Antarctic ice into these stunning bridges and caves.

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Discovery Hut

Wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

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Chapel of the Snows

The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.

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Volcano sponge, Anoxycalyx (Scolymastra) joubini from the Antarctic Peninsula.

Volcano Sponge of McMurdo Sound

These giant volcano sponges in Antarctica are thought to be the world's oldest living animal, at 15,000 years old.

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Pegasus.

Pegasus Wreck

The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.

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Modern view of the Cape Royds Hut.

Shackleton's Antarctic Hut

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.

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