It drains north into Taylor Valley in Victoria Land.
It flows north into Taylor Valley but terminates midway down the south wall of the valley.
But while Taylor Valley hardly teems with life, Scott was wrong to call it dead.
Mr. Parsons calls Taylor Valley "the simplest ecosystem on the planet."
In Taylor Valley, the soil is home to only bacteria and three species of nematode.
As a result, Taylor Valley offers researchers ready-made control sites for comparing factors that influence survival and abundance of the tiny, unsegmented worms.
Lake Fryxell, is adjacent to the Ross Sea in Taylor Valley.
It takes its name from Taylor Valley, a valley in the western part of the town.
I had a secret plan not to return to McMurdo immediately, but instead to hop up the Taylor Valley from camp to camp.
Surface details of a portion of Taylor Valley can be seen in the shaded relief generated from the 2-meter digital elevation model in this figure.