With the Antarctic Mt Range in the background we laid on the ice in a symbolic call for peace.

Seven continents united.

Please also see our New Year's Message of Peace from the South Pole.

McMurdo Station is Antarctica's largest community. It is built on the bare volcanic rock of Hut Point Peninsula on Ross Island, the farthest south solid ground that is accessible by ship. Established in 1956, it has grown from an outpost of a few buildings to a complex logistics staging facility of more than 100 structures including a harbor, an outlying airport (Williams Field) with landing strips on sea ice and shelf ice, and a helicopter pad. There are above-ground water, sewer, telephone, and power lines linking buildings, all supporting researchers and scientists from across the globe.