Palmer Peninsula

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Palmer Peninsula

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Palmer Peninsula

(Placename) the former name (until 1964) for the Antarctic Peninsula

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Antarc′tic Penin′sula

a peninsula in Antarctica, S of South America. Compare Graham Land, Palmer Peninsula.

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Palmer Peninsula - a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific

Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctic continent, Antarctica - an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep; "Antarctica is twice the size of Australia"

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Before he died John was working as a radio operator with the British Antarctic Survey and was based at Stonington Island, near the Palmer Peninsula.

A mother's tears for her son who perished in an Antarctic blizzard; In 1966 a former Scout from Cardiff perished in an Antarctic blizzard while trying to rescue a colleague. Now a letter from the hero's mother has finally been found. James McCarthy reports

The detachment supported the Antarctic Sea Ice Campaign 2004, flying missions in and around the Palmer Peninsula on the Antarctic continent.

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station on the continent's Palmer Peninsula. These species are among the most plentiful during springtime, when seasonal stratospheric-ozone losses over the Antarctic begin.