Siple Station
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Siple Station
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Siple Station was a research station in Antarctica, established in 1973 by Stanford's STAR Lab, to perform experiments that actively probed the magnetosphere using very low frequency (VLF) waves. Its location was selected to be near the Earth's south magnetic pole, and the thick ice sheet allowed for a relatively efficient dipole antenna at VLF frequencies. John Katsufrakis of Stanford University was the "father" of the station and the VLF experiment sponsored by Stanford. There were two station
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Antarctic research station in Ellsworth Land
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siple_Station
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2024-03-03T22:49:03Z
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