It's a small world after all: Zappos shipping to McMurdo Station in Antarctica

According to Wikipedia, McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island on the shore of McMurdo Sound, 2,200 miles (3,500 km) due south of New Zealand. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National Science Foundation. The station is the largest community in Antarctica, capable of supporting up to 1,258 residents, and serves as America's Antarctic science facility, and the logistics base for half the continent.


The M/V American Tern being led by the Russian icebreaker Krasin to McMurdo Station during Operation Deep Freeze 2006. Mount Erebus can be seen in the background.


McMurdo Station

See a few Twitter exchanges below:

zappos Wow, Zappos got an order from a customer shipping to McMurdo Station in Antarctica! - http://tinyurl.com/2mb7gw 44 minutes ago from web

	AllergyNotes @zappos RT: Zappos got an order from a customer shipping to McMurdo Station in Antarctica! http://tinyurl.com/2mb7gw - See it to believe it 41 minutes ago from web in reply to zappos

rlbates @AllergyNotes Do you think it was free shipping (Zappos to McMurdo Station)? :) 35 minutes ago from web in reply to AllergyNotes

AllergyNotes @rlbates "Do you think it was free shipping (Zappos to McMurdo Station)?" -- it wasn't overnight shipping for sure :-) 34 minutes ago from web in reply to rlbates

zappos free shipping! it's an APO address which USPS ships to via priority mail! 31 minutes ago

AllergyNotes @rlbates Just got DM from Zappos CEO re: Zappos to McMurdo Station - "free shipping! it's an APO address, USPS ships to via priority mail" 18 minutes ago from web in reply to rlbates

References:
McMurdo Station, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Image sources: Wikipedia, public domain.