Palmer Station in Antarctica is the first destination for the AQ Team.  But what exactly is Palmer Station, and more importantly, where is Palmer Station?  Let’s start with what it is. Palmer Station was established in 1968 and is one of three U.S. Antarctic stations governed by the Antarctic Treaty.   Since 1990, Palmer Station has also served as a Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site located in a Western Antarctic Peninsula marine biome. In other words, it is a place where scientist gather to collect data and make observations on Antarctic and Southern Ocean Marine Ecology.  As for where it is located, see if you can find it on the map below and then see the next Blog post.

Sources: http://www.lternet.edu/sites/pal/overview and http://pal.lternet.edu/

Map: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Antarctica.svg/601px-Antarctica.svg.png