Stonehenge mystery solved as origin of stones laid bare Moment $100m Russian air defense obliterated as '1600 troops wiped out' in a day The Desert is found within the McMurdo Dry Valleys ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 59, No. 3 (2014), pp. 811-826 (16 pages) The water of the ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys is derived primarily from glacial melt streams and to a lesser ...

The McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs) are a cold desert region of Antarctica supporting terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems that host microbial food webs, with few species of primitive animals (like ...

1. McMurdo Dry Valleys This area is often considered the driest place on Earth, with some regions experiencing no rainfall ...

Approximately 0.3% of Antarctica is perpetually ice free, with the largest single area being the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Victoria Land. These glacially carved valleys are thought to be some of the ...

Examples of fossils found in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or ...

We sent 4 copies to Antarctica (one for McMurdo and one at each of the main field camps in the Dry Valleys). A message from the copy that is housed at McMurdo announced that it was a hot commodity and ...