The Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center (CSEC), located at

McMurdo Station McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research station on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the Unit ...

, was dedicated in November 1991 by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The laboratory is named in honor of

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and glaciologist

Albert P. Crary Albert Paddock Crary (July 25, 1911 – October 29, 1987), was a pioneer polar geophysicist and glaciologist. He was the first person to have set foot on both the North and South Poles, having made it to the North Pole on May 3, 1952 (with Joseph ...

. There are five pods making for 4,320 square meters of working area that includes a two-story core, a biology pod, earth sciences and atmospheric sciences pods, and an

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. CSEC was built to replace older, outdated science buildings that were built as early as 1959.

Facilities

The second floor of CSEC has a computer room, a library, and classrooms.

References

External links

Crary Lab Floor Plans
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