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• Eltanin Antenna: From Alien Artefact to Carnivorous Sponge

  In Travel & Living / By Tom / 25 January 2018

  

  For years, the mysterious Eltanin Antenna baffled the scientific community before researchers finally pinpointed its origins.

   

• Esperanza Base: Colourful Image of Argentina’s Permanent Antarctic Research Station

  In Antarctica / By Tom / 31 August 2016

  

  There are few permanent settlements in Antarctica, and the lonely ruins of abandoned research bases and whaling stations have been well documented. One remote facility that does enjoy year-round habitation, however, is Esperanza Base.

   

• Stonington Island: Abandoned East Base & Base E Research Stations

  In Abandoned / By Debra Kelly / 21 April 2016

  

  If you’re ever in the area of Stonington Island’s Marguerite Bay, there’s a chance you could stumble across a couple of abandoned scientific outposts, which are so far off the beaten path that they’ve remained remarkably well-preserved.

   

• Ajax Bay: Ruins of Abandoned British Army Field Hospital, East Falkland

  In Abandoned / By Tom / 18 March 2016

  

  Today, it looks like an anonymous, abandoned outpost in some far-flung corner of the world. But there’s history attached to the concrete ruins of Ajax Bay, which played a crucial role in the brief, 10-week Falklands War.

   

• Forgotten Antarctica: Abandoned A. B. Dobrowolski Polar Station

  In Abandoned / By Debra Kelly / 3 March 2016

  

  When you think of the far reaches of the Antarctic, you’re probably imagining subzero temperatures and some of the harshest conditions on the planet. But the now-abandoned A. B. Dobrowolski Polar Station sits in a strangely mild area.

   

• The Eerie, Forgotten Relics of Deception Island’s Whaling Industry

  In Travel & Living / By Tom / 7 October 2015

  

  Set around the caldera of an active volcano in one of the most remote and inhospitable corners of the world, Deception Island now houses scientific research stations, but its former whaling history echoes across the frozen landscape.

   

• King George Island – The Most Polluted Place in Antarctica

  In Antarctica, Travel & Living / By Tom / 27 February 2015

  

  If you thought Antarctica was a pristine continent of isolated beauty and zero pollution – think again… King George Island is home to myriad research stations belonging to various countries – and is one of the continent’s most polluted places.

   

• Extreme Science: 10 Remote Abandoned Research Stations of the Antarctic

  In Abandoned, Antarctica, Lists / By Debra Kelly / 8 January 2015

  

  The polar region of the Antarctic is one of the most desolate places on earth. This article examines Antarctica’s abandoned research stations and defunct scientific outposts, places that are almost literally frozen in time.

   

• Abandoned Steampunk Boilers on Deception Island

  In Abandoned, Antarctica / By Tom / 11 March 2014

  

  The name ‘Deception Island’, with its abandoned steampunk-style whale oil tanks and research stations, could not be more suited to this distant landmass in the South Shetland Islands archipelago. Venture south and discover more!

   

• The Forgotten Whaling Station of Grytviken in South Georgia (PHOTOS)

  In Abandoned, Antarctica / By Tom / 22 October 2013

  

  Even in the most distant corners of the world, the ruins of man’s industry are abundant. One of the most haunting locations is the abandoned settlement of Grytviken, a forgotten whaling station founded in 1904 by Norwegian sea captain Carl Anton Larsen.

   

• Crashed Harrier GR3, Goose Green, Falklands

  In Abandoned, Antarctica, Military / By Tom / 5 April 2012

  

  Lying on the isolated Lafonia peninsula of East Falkland, this mangled tail section is all that remains of a No. 1 Squadron Harrier GR3 shot down during the battle of Goose Green.

   

• Crashed Lockheed Constellation “Pegasus” Wreck at Pegasus Field, Antarctica

  In Abandoned, Antarctica, Military, Transportation / By Tom / 1 February 2011

  

  On October 8, 1970 a C-121 Lockheed Constellation named “Pegasus” crashed landed at a remote airstrip in Antarctica while attempting to touch down in near-zero visibility conditions. The aircraft is still there today!

   

• Leningradskaya Station: Disused Soviet Research Facility

  In Abandoned, Antarctica / By Tom / 2 December 2010

  

  Leningradskaya Station was a Soviet Antarctic research facility on the north shore of Victoria Land. These isolated base is one of three mothballed Russian research stations that could soon be reactivated.

   

• 8 Ghost Towns & Abandoned Settlements of Antarctica

  In Abandoned, Antarctica, Lists / By Tom / 17 November 2010

  

  The latest installment of our popular Ghost Towns and Abandoned Cities of the World series takes us to Antarctica, where former whaling stations and abandoned research facilities have remained virtually untouched since they were vacated generations ago.

   

• 5 Isolated Settlements at the Ends of the Earth

  In Abandoned, Antarctica, Lists / By Tom / 31 March 2010

  

  The golden age of discovery and exploration may be over, but the relics of heroic adventures stretch to the most remote corners of the world. There they remain, largely cut off from human interference, victims only of time and the elements. Here are five amazing places that our ancestors visited, and in some instances remained.