The ice-free Schirmacher Oasis in the Antarctic near Russia's Novolazarevskaya research station was named after a German pilot who had discovered it in the 1930s.
- Categories: Environmental Issues, Science & Technology
- Location: Antarctica
- Event date: 11.03.2008
- Date published: 12.03.2008
- Author: Aleksey Nikolskyi
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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