Ellsworth Station

During the IGY the USA also maintained Ellsworth Station (77°43 S, 041°08 W) on the Filchner Ice Shelf from 1957 to 1962. A personal account of life at this station was later published by Behrendt (1998). Following the IGY, the USA opened Siple Station (75°33 S, 083°33 W) in 1969 and occupied the site, which is located 2,450 km from McMurdo Station, until 1989 when the last version of Siple Station was closed. Eights Stations at75°14 S, 077°10 W in southwestern Palmer Land was operated by the USA from... 

There is no shortage of Antarctic adventure stories such as the reports by Siple (1931,1936) about his participation in Byrd s two expeditions to Antarctica, the excellent account of life at Ellsworth Station during the IGY by Behrendt (1998), and the story by Dewart (1989) of how in 1960 he spent 1 year with the Russians at the Mimyy research station. Another book by a geologist is the account by Doumani (1999) of the trials and tribulations of scientists and military personnel who were trying to live and work together in Antarctica from 1958 to 1965. In addition, Neider (1974) published an astute account of life in McMurdo Station during the austral summer of 1970/71 that included a helicopter crash near the summit of Mt. Erebus. Other eye-witness accounts of travel to and within Antarctica were published by Neider (1972), Parfit (1985), and Pyne (1986). 

The Pensacola Mountains were discovered on January 13, 1956, during a transpolar reconnaissance flight by the US Navy. They were observed again on October 23, 1957, by Captain Finn Ronne of the US Navy and Dr. Edward C. Thiel during a flight from Ellsworth Station to the Dufek Massif. 

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