Refuge

Groussac Refuge

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The place

Groussac Refuge on Petermann Island, Antarctic Peninsula (~65°S, Argentine sector), at an altitude close to 0 m (seaside). Continuous Antarctica cluster (batches 246+253). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Antarctica is missing from the database (to be added). Argentine refuge named in honor of Paul Groussac (Franco-Argentine historian, 19th-20th century). Emblematic site of Charcot's 2nd winter expedition of 1908-1910 (Pourquoi-Pas?, French expedition) and of a gentoo penguin colony. Antarctic tundra, ANOMALY Antarctica missing.

The setting

Petermann Island, Antarctic Peninsula, 65°S, Argentine sector, continuous cluster batches 246-253, Argentine refuge Paul Groussac historian, Charcot's 2nd winter expedition Pourquoi-Pas 1908-1910, gentoo penguins, ANOMALY Antarctica missing.