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there are two ATM machines in all of Antarctica (at the McMurdo Station), but only one of them works. The broken one is only there to cannibalize, if you will, for parts or spare things that they need to make the other one live and operational.

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Fun Fact: there are two ATM machines in all of Antarctica (at the McMurdo Station), but only one of them works. The ‘broken’ one is only there to “cannibalize, if you will, for parts or spare things that they need to make the other one live and operational.”

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