About McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station sits on Hut Point Peninsula at the southern tip of Ross Island, the main United States base in Antarctica and the largest settlement on the continent. Weather changes fast here: clear, still days can turn to blowing snow within hours, and the sun stays up around the clock in midsummer and below the horizon for months in winter. These McMurdo Station webcams come from the United States Antarctic Program and look over the station from the hills above it.
Which McMurdo Station webcam to check first
Start with the Observation Hill camera for the whole station, the helipad and the hills behind. The Arrival Heights camera gives a second view across the buildings and the sea ice. The official page also carries a mobile camera and a third fixed view, and each image refreshes every few minutes.
Before you go to McMurdo Station
McMurdo is a research station, not a destination you can visit independently. Its cameras are a window on Antarctic weather; check Antarctica New Zealand's Scott Base weather page, a few kilometres away, for current observations.
Live cameras and modelled weather can be delayed, incomplete or offline. Check official weather, access and safety information before you make plans.
