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McMurdo Station
Katabatic Winds, Explained: Why Antarctica Is Earth's Windiest Place
Antarctica's interior cools so much that cold, dense air comes crashing downhill toward the coast. Here's how katabatic winds make it the windiest continent on Earth.
Why Antarctica Has 10 Time Zones and No Government to Set Them
No country owns Antarctica, so nobody had the authority to draw its time zones — the job fell instead to whichever nation flies in a base's supplies, and in one case, to a database volunteer's best guess.