Wilkes Station - Antarctica

Wilkes Station was an Antarctic research station established 29 January 1957 by the United States as one of seven U.S. stations established for the International Geophysical Year program in Antarctica. It was taken over by Australia on 7 February 1959. Wilkes station is now almost permanently frozen in ice and is only occasionally revealed every four or five years during a big thaw. Many objects remain embedded in the ice, and visitors are often able to see the remains of the station through the ice, seemingly exactly as it was left.

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