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Why Antarctica?

Burton, M. G., 1996, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 13, 2 | View on ADS (1996PASA...13....2B) | Access via DOI

Abstract

The dry, cold, tenuous and stable air above the Antarctic Plateau provides superb conditions for the conduct of many classes of astronomical observations. We review in particular the rationale for undertaking near- IR, mm and particle astronomy in Antarctica, disciplines where telescopes are now operating at the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.