Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center

Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center
General information
Status	Active
Type	Science and engineering center
Architectural style	Modern
Location	McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Named for	Albert P. Crary
Opened	1991
Inaugurated	1991
Owner	United States Antarctic Program through the National Science Foundation
Technical details
Floor count	2

The Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center (CSEC), located at McMurdo Station, was dedicated in November 1991 by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The laboratory is named in honor of geophysicist and glaciologist Albert P. Crary. There are five pods making for 4,320 square meters of working area that includes a two-story core, a biology pod, earth sciences and atmospheric sciences pods, and an aquarium. CSEC was built to replace older, outdated science buildings that were built as early as 1959. ^[1]

Crary is known for its salt-water touch tank, with sealife from nearby McMurdo Sound.

Facilities

Interior of CSEC, with its sloped central hallway

The second floor of CSEC has a computer room, a library, and classrooms.

Activities

The CSEC conducts research on aeronomy and astrophysics, biology and medicine, geology and geophysics, glaciology and glacial geology, and ocean and climate systems.

Crary has a salt-water touch tank, where active visitors can touch sea life. ^[2]

Salt water touch tank at Crary

References

1. "Albert P Crary Science and Engineering Center". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
2. "Antarctica Photo Library". photolibrary.usap.gov. Retrieved 2025-03-24.

External links

• Crary Lab Floor Plans

77°51′00″S166°40′00″E / 77.8500°S 166.6667°E / -77.8500; 166.6667