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Three pieces of wood; square cross-section, separate pieces, two with notches cut by Paul Dayton. Description from Dayton et al. 2018 Antarctic Science: "...construction waste scavenged in 1974 to support settlement plates. ...the construction waste appeared new when it went into the sea and it still looked new in 2010, and when cut it still had the smell of fresh wood.... There was never any indication of wood-boring macrofaunal decomposers of any sort, nor any obvious microbial activity."
Construction waste
McMurdo Station
77.8486° S
166.6702° E
23.0 m
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Paul K. Dayton
Paul Dayton
EtOH 95%
EtOH 50%
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Verbatim date: 11/2010. Construction waste, recovered "November 2010" according to Dayton et al. 2018 Antarctic Science. No original label. Coordinates and details copied from gangplank piece from same publication.