Talk:McMurdo Station

message: I think someone vandalized this! I mean, -100 °C temperatures? Could someone fix that?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.8.24.2 (talk) 09:18, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it does seem suspicious.  Those little islands should not be there.   Constant314 (talk) 01:57, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: This section does not mention why this year is singled out for a section.  I did a quick google search for "Winter 1974 McMurdo" and didn't find anything either.  Could whoever put this in there add some explanation or take out the section?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.252.35.102 (talk) 10:20, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why section on 1974 winter? 

message: In the warmest months (December and January), the temperature can easily reach 3°C or 4°C, the source is Weather.com, you can tell it by browsing McMurdo weather in these months every year, and it easily reachs these temperatures.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.46.80.10 (talk) 12:02, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Above freezing 

message: This article has to include info about the Russian icebreaker "Krasin", which saved the American scientists at this polar station in January of 2005. I find it strange that this event wasn't even mentioned in the Wikinews. KNewman 04:23, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)
:That seems a bit melodramatic.  The icebreaker was hired for the season to help open up a channel to the station.  That's a recurring task that happens each year.  In 2005 the Krasin happened to be hired for this purpose.  I can't see that there was any special danger, or that the Krasin did anything other than what it was hired to do.  So why do you say that it saved American scientists?  --Amble (talk) 02:39, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Russian icebreaker 

message: This article is largely, if not entirely plagiarised.
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/McMurdo%20Station
:I believe the copying went the other way: "This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community."
:—wwoods 01:32, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Plagiarism

message: This needs to include where the name McMurdo came from. Who was it named after, thats important.
:Done and done. ~ Ross (ElCharismo) 20:54, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of name 

message: Does anyone know why McMurdo Station does not have direct dial telephone service with the outside world?  Australia has established it for its stations many years back (1990s?) and New Zealand also has a link.  Surely it could be set up through one of the existing American territorial area codes, or perhaps through a number group off of Diego Garcia. Diego Garcia is already established as a military base used by the USA, and the long distance rates to Diego Garcia are probably steep enough compared to domestic American LD rates that adding McMurdo would fit in. Of course, I would not favour a country code just for McMurdo or for Antarctica as a whole, but then again, perhaps Antarctica should have a country code, with area codes being the same as a base's country's sponsor.
e.g., if Antarctica's country code was 890, followed by a number of seven to nine digits.  All American (and Canadian) bases could have an area code of 1, then McMurdo could be area code 1, followed by a two digit location code, then four or five digits. Concordia Station could be 890 - 388 (for European Numbering Space) - a two digit location code, then four digits. Of course, existing dialing arrangments wouldn't have to change for Australia and New Zealand. Russian bases would be 890-7, Chilean bases 890-56, etc. Bases would call each other as international, not intra-national (e.g. area code and number only).
The numbers would not govern circuit arrangements, as there would be no direct connections between most bases. However, given increasing movement to packet switching from circuit switching, it ultimately wouldn't matter if Vostok called Amundsen-Scott station by dialing 00-890-190-2368 and the call routed through Moscow, New York and Christchurch: in reality, the packets would pass over the Internet through the fastest route to reach the destination packet switch, which is identified by the destination number. GBC 22:27, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I know at least one phone number for McMurdo. My friends work there, and I was given the number as an emergency contact. The area code is 720 because it's a satellite uplink out of Denver. Sorenr (talk) 14:04, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

text: I believe that its communications are administered by Telecom New Zealand who also do Scott Base  Taifarious1  04:33, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

text: Thank you for your comment. Unfortunately, NPOESS (which I have worked on) was canceled before any satellites were launched. No NPOESS satellites were ever launched, although an NPOESS testbed sat will be launched later this year. Therefore, it is factually impossible for NPOESS to provide, or to ever have provided, a connection to McMurdo. Ddama (talk) 07:32, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Telephone connections 

message: In the paragraph describing the annual sealift, 8 million US gallons is equated to 42 million L.  Assuming L means liters, I'm pretty sure 8 million US gallons is closer to 30.3 million L.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 8.18.115.2 (talk) 18:03, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arithmetic flaw? 

message: There's request at :de:Diskussion:McMurdo-Station about the Right- and left-hand traffic towards and from Scott Base to McMurdo Station. Both articles in English do not give sufficient answers. Nor the discussion page at de. Does anyone know? --79.214.55.134 (talk) 13:34, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  driving direction (left or right side or both) 

message: The last paragraph of this section needs some serious cleanup.  Although some of the information may be useful, it is 1. unsourced and 2. written like a novel.  I'll search for a source for this over the next few days; however, even if a few are located, the whole last paragraph needs a fundamental rewrite.  I've already removed one paragraph in its entirety because it was not particularly useful.  In addition, the paragraph probably runs afoul of WP:UNDUE, as it gives a detailed description of 7 months in 1974, and not much else outside of that period.  I'd love some help on this, if I can get any. The Blade of the Northern Lights  (話して下さい) 21:19, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  History section... 

message: This article is lacking a map showing the base location in Antarctica. Any one have suitable one for inclusion? SkyMachine  (++) 23:28, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location Map 

message: So, here we have a major article on the McMurdo Station that does not have one word about its latitude and longitude so that anyone can locate it with precision. For example, how many degrees north of the South Pole is McMurdo Station?98.67.168.208 (talk) 18:39, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: You can find the coordinates at the top right of the article.  For a topic like McMurdo Station, where its southern latitude is a key part of its reason for existence, it might be worthwhile to add a mention in the article body as well; you could also perhaps give the distance to the South Pole in km and miles.  A few notes about using talk pages: I have moved your comments, as new sections customarily go at the bottom (see WP:TOPPOST); please note that it's not necessary or encouraged to edit other people's talk-page comments for grammar, capitalization, etc. (see WP:TPO); and finally, please do not use the talk page to berate other users (see WP:TPO).  --Amble (talk) 19:04, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: The Location

message: Can we get a discussion of the effects of the funding cuts and funding uncertainty on Antarctic research at McMurdo, South Pole, and Palmer?
The topic has received a fair bit of news coverage already, such as "Shutdown puts the entire US Antarctic research program on ice" and "Shutdown Forces Antarctic Research Into 'Caretaker Status'"
Some of permanent and otherwise serious repercussions on international science efforts are mentioned in the comments to the petition "Congress: Shutdown Exemption for the United States Antarctic Program". The facts that are useful for the Wikipedia article could be sourced from more official sources.
99.118.9.187 (talk) 04:27, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I'm sure we will add information about this to the article as events develop.  So far, though, there's enough uncertainty that it's hard to say anything very concrete.  The petition necessarily discusses the prospective consequences of missing the summer season, but Wikipedia has to be pretty careful about making such predictions.  --Amble (talk) 05:44, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Effects of 2013 US government sequestration and shutdown 

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message: Idk what the time difference is so plz help help help help help help! Help help Siri suwon t help me help tell me it now! 2003:FA:570F:ADEB:8827:A24:DF56:ECDC (talk) 12:10, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is the time difference from Mcmurdo Station To America? 

message: I don't know if this is noteworthy but a group of scientists at McMurdo Station held up signs saying "Black Lives Matter". This is the only international George Floyd protest on the Antarctic continent.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flossingjonah (talk • contribs) 20:09, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably not notable to this subject. Constant314 (talk) 21:15, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  George Floyd protests