Tuesday, September 14, 2010

There is actually an ATM in Antarctica! Why?

 Actually, there are two machines, operated by Wells Fargo & Company. They are located in McMurdo Station, an American research center and Antarctica's largest community, capable of supporting up to 1,258 residents!

Since maintanence is performed only once every two years, one machine serves mainly as a backup. These were also the first ATM machines to become Y2K compliant (requiring a century indicator in the program and accounting for leap years). Technically, one could say that Wells Fargo manages the ATM banking for a whole continent!
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  1. MashaMarch 28, 2017 at 8:23 AM

    Hi there, my name is Masha and I am working for the advertising agency Serviceplan in Germany. For one of our clients we are working on a little brochure about Antarctica at the moment and one passage is about the ATM (image attached). On your website we found the image of this ATM. Is there any possibility to get the image rights?

    Thanks a lot in advance! I would need you answer as soon as possible!

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