Everything about Anvers Island totally explained
Anvers Island or
Antwerp Island or
Antwerpen Island or
Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous
island 38
miles long, which is the largest feature in the
Palmer Archipelago, lying
southwest of
Brabant Island at the
southwestern end of the group. Anvers Island is located at . Named in 1898 by the
Belgian Antarctic Expedition under
Adrien de Gerlache after the city
Antwerp in
Belgium.
Palmer Station
The
Palmer Station on Anvers Island is located at and is
Antarctica's only U.S. station north of the
Antarctic Circle. Although it's on an island, permanent ice often connects it with the mainland. Construction finished in 1968. Around 50 people can inhabit Palmer Station at one time. The station is named for
Nathaniel B. Palmer, likely to have been one of the first three persons to see Antarctica. There are science labs in the station, as well as a dock and a helicopter pad.
The former station of the British Antarctic Survey
On Anvers Island, the
British Antarctic Survey built and operated a station for the purpose of survey and geology. The station of the British Antarctic Survey consisted of a hut and was occupied from
February 27,
1955 until
January 10,
1958. In 1958, the station of the British Antarctic Survey was closed when local work was completed. The hut of station of the British Antarctic Survey was loaned to the U.S. Government on
July 2,
1963, which converted it into a biological laboratory in January 1965 for use by American scientists at the nearby
Palmer Station. The station of the British Antarctic Survey was open in support of an air facility from 1969 until 1971. The station of the British Antarctic Survey was destroyed by fire on
December 28,
1971 while being renovated by the British Antarctic Survey. Debris was removed by the members of the
US Antarctic Program in 1990/1991. Only concrete foundations remain.
A skiway was in use from 1969 to 1973. The air operations were transferred to Adelaide (Station T) in 1973 when the skiway deteriorated. The skyway remained intermittently in use until
November 15,
1993.
Ship aground.
On
11 February 1972 the
Lindblad Explorer ran aground near La Plaza Point, Antarctica. She was towed to
Buenos Aires, Argentina and then to
Kristiansand,
Norway for repairs.
Cultural references
Anvers Island was the scene of the protagonist Grim Fiddle's "kingdom" and his later imprisonment in
John Calvin Batchelor's novel
The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica. Fiddle was an adventurer in a
dystopian future world with many references to
Norse mythology.
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