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The only liquid water around Antarctica is the mineral-rich sea water of the Southern Ocean.

In the American bases at McMurdo Station and Palmer station, fresh, liquid water is produced using a desalination technique and costs about US$1.00 per gallon, which is paid by the National Science Foundation, the American representative in the Antarctic.


At the South Pole, fresh, liquid water is produced by melting and purifying glacial ice.

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