We just learned about the Antarctic Palmer Station.
Another research station in Antarctica is Vernadsky Research Base.
This base is owned by the country of Ukrainian, and is on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Because it is on the Peninsula where a lot of changes are happening with icebergs melting and floating away, this base does a lot of studies for global warming.
It is one of the bases that people can visit for fun if they want to say they came to Antarctica.
There is a post office where they sell postcards, and a post office where tourists can send them out.
The station even has a bar where people can play pool and darts.
Faraday Bar calls itself the Southernmost Bar on the Earth, and they have a tourist shop where people can buy patches, stickers and other souvenirs to prove they have been to Antarctica.
(from: wikipedia - vernadsky research base)
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