Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center
General information
StatusActive
TypeScience and engineering center
Architectural styleModern
LocationMcMurdo Station, Antarctica
Named forAlbert P. Crary
Opened1991
Inaugurated1991
OwnerUnited States Antarctic Program through the National Science Foundation
Technical details
Floor count2

The Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center (CSEC), located at McMurdo Station, was dedicated in November 1991 by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The laboratory is named in honor of geophysicist and glaciologist Albert P. Crary. 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 aquarium. CSEC was built to replace older, outdated science buildings that were built as early as 1959.[1]

Facilities

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

Activities

The CSEC conducts research on aeronomy and astrophysics, biology and medicine, geology and geophysics, glaciology and glacial geology, and ocean and climate systems.

References

  1. "Albert P Crary Science and Engineering Center". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

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