stations, the Soviets have established a minor one called 
Oasis in the Bunger Hills midway between Mirny and our 
American base, Wilkes, on the Knox Coast. 
The United Kingdom has a total of sixteen stations, 
eleven of which lie within the Falkland Islands Depend- 
encies on or near Palmer Peninsula. ‘They were established 
before the IGY, but have been enlarged to include its pro- 
gram. ‘The main new IGY base was established by the 
Royal Society near the head of Weddell Sea. 
Argentina operates ten stations, six of which are on the 
Palmer Peninsula. It has a major base at the head of 
Weddell Sea, which was established in 1955. Australia es- 
tablished its major station at 60° 36’ S., 62° 54’ E. in 1954 
and named it for the most distinguished Antarctic explorer, 
Sir Douglas Mawson. ‘This was later enlarged to include the 
IGY program and early in 1957 an auxiliary station was 
established some three hundred miles west of Mawson. 
Belgium has recently established a station at Breid Bay, 
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Chile’s six long-time meteorological stations in the 
Palmer Peninsula area are carrying on IGY programs, as 
are her three sub-Antarctic stations. France established a 
main station on the coast of Adélie Land and a small auxil- 
iary one three hundred miles inland. In January, 1957, 
Japan established Showa Station at 69° 02’ S., 39° 36’ E. In 
addition to the station cooperatively maintained with the 
United States, New Zealand has a major base, Scott Station, 
located on Pram Point about two miles from the United 
States’ installation at McMurdo Sound. 
In January, 1957, Norway established its IGY station at 
70° 30’ S., 2° 32’ W. This is really a re-establishment of the 
international station which had operated there in 1948- 
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