Little America

American  

noun

1. a base in the Antarctic, on the Bay of Whales, S of the Ross Sea: established by Adm. Richard E. Byrd of the U.S. Navy in 1929; used for later Antarctic expeditions.

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Little America British  

noun

1. originally the chief US base in the Antarctic, on the Ross Ice Shelf: first established by Admiral Richard E. Byrd (1928); used for polar exploration. It closed in the 1960s

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Example Sentences

So we relished every lookout point, wandered the Crystal Forest — which had some of the park’s most impressive fossilized wood — and then begrudgingly continued on our journey to Little America Hotel in Flagstaff.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023

Then she digs into her work on Little America and discusses the challenges and joys of telling other people’s stories.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2023

New residency requirements imposed on migrants force Ron to move to a different country, and he settles in the Little America of the story’s title.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022

By then his colleagues at Little America had grown worried about him.

From New York Times • May 5, 2020

The project brought in Purdue engineers, crews of Texas roughnecks, and their families, who lived outside Léopoldville in a strange city called Little America.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver