Antarctica — Collection 1

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   Round 1 · 1911 AD

   Discovery of Blood Falls in Taylor Valley

   Australian geologist Griffith Taylor stumbled upon a shocking, macabre sight during the Terra Nova Expedition when he found a vibrant, iron-rich crimson brine discharging continuously from the glacier's snout.

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   Round 2 · 1975 AD

   South Pole Station Geodesic Dome Construction

   To protect the newly expanded American scientific base from being crushed by accumulating snowdrifts, engineers erected a massive, iconic aluminum geodesic dome over the inland station's modular buildings.

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   Round 3 · 1925 AD

   Hektor Whaling Station at Deception Island

   Inside the flooded caldera of an active volcano, Norwegian whalers established a booming, foul-smelling industrial processing hub where thousands of harvested whale carcasses were stripped and boiled for oil.

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