麦克默多干谷
麦克默多干谷(英語:)为南極洲麦克默多湾西岸维多利亚地的一無雪山谷的统称。這些山谷由冰川后退而形成,约200多万年未有降水,是极度干燥的荒漠地區,是南极大陆唯一没有冰雪覆盖的地方。夏季有些地方会有由於附近冰川融化形成的小溪流。还存在一些盐度极高的永不冰凍的小水塘。
- 麥克默多灣與麥克默多乾燥谷的地圖。
- 干燥谷的衛星照片。
- 乾枯的海豹屍體。
参考资料
外部链接
- Map of the McMurdo Dry Valleys area (pdf)
- Another map (USGS)
- Antarctic Connection
- Study: Life in Antarctic ice may compare to Mars(页面存档备份,存于)
- Special Report: The McMurdo Dry Valleys(页面存档备份,存于), Antarctic Sun, January 26, 2003, 7–21.
- Virtual Tour of the Dry Valleys (页面存档备份,存于)
- In Antarctica's Dry Valleys, worms offer clues to alarming changes in ecosystemArchive.is的存檔,存档日期2013-01-03 - The New York Times/International Herald Tribune, November 2006
- A long-term ecological research group is working in the area.(页面存档备份,存于)
- Pictures from the Dry Valleys(页面存档备份,存于)
- Satellite images(页面存档备份,存于)
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