麦克默多干谷

麦克默多干谷（）为南極洲麦克默多湾西岸维多利亚地的一無雪山谷的统称。這些山谷由冰川后退而形成，约200多万年未有降水，是极度干燥的荒漠地區，是南极大陆唯一没有冰雪覆盖的地方。夏季有些地方会有由於附近冰川融化形成的小溪流。还存在一些盐度极高的永不冰凍的小水塘。

参考资料

• [http://travel.sina.com.cn/world/2010-02-12/0948128530.shtml 麦克默多干燥谷：地球上最像火星的地方(组图)]

外部链接

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20081217034657/http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/downloads/environment/Map%20A%20McMurdo%20Dry%20Valleys%20Area.pdf Map of the McMurdo Dry Valleys area (pdf)]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717004156/http://wy.water.usgs.gov/projects/antarctica/htms/map2.htm Another map] (USGS)
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110515032212/http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/science/dryvalleys.shtml/ Antarctic Connection]
• [http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/ncs/newsarch/1998/Jun98/bacteria.htm Study: Life in Antarctic ice may compare to Mars]
• [http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/pastIssues/2002-2003/2003_01_26.pdf Special Report: The McMurdo Dry Valleys], Antarctic Sun, January 26, 2003, 7–21.
• [http://www.glaciers.pdx.edu/Projects/Antarctica/McMurdoVT/index.html Virtual Tour of the Dry Valleys]

*[http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/22/healthscience/snantar.php?page=1 In Antarctica's Dry Valleys, worms offer clues to alarming changes in ecosystem] - The New York Times/International Herald Tribune, November 2006
*[http://www.mcmlter.org/ A long-term ecological research group is working in the area.]
*[http://glacierbliss.com/antarctica.html Pictures from the Dry Valleys]
*[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18176 Satellite images]