No matter where your travels take you in the coming months, don't forget that as a Wells Fargo or Wachovia customer, you have convenient access to more than 12,000 ATMs worldwide.
"No matter where we travel," you ask? Well, maybe not everywhere, but you may be interested to know some cool places you'll find us.
Fun Facts About Svalbard & Banking
According to Wikipedia, "The Norwegian government has built a 'doomsday' 
seed bank to store seeds from as many of the world's crop varieties and their botanical wild relatives as possible. The bank was created by hollowing out a 120-meter tunnel on Spitsbergen cut into rock with a natural temperature of −6˚C, refrigerating it to −18˚C, and then storing seeds donated by the 1,400 crop repositories maintained by countries around the world." Check out this story on CBS News.
Along with ATMs coast to coast, Wells Fargo also holds the record for the southernmost ATMs in the world! We're pretty sure we've got the second northernmost ATMs too.
So if your travels happen to take you to either McMurdo Station , Antarctica or Barrow, Alaska , believe it or not, there are Wells Fargo ATMs in both places for your cash needs.
Our ATMs at McMurdo Station were recently recognized as the southernmost ATMs in the world by Guinness Book of World Records. In fact, they're the only ones on the entire continent of Antarctica — kind of cool to be able to say that.
Of course, if you're planning a trip to Antarctica, I'm sure you're aware that winter is fast approaching , right? Dress warm.
And here's a new spin on recycling: The money in the ATM in Antarctica is apparently recycled within the continent, according to this ComputerWorld article. And the installation marked the first time Wells Fargo had used a satellite for ATM communications.
As for the ATMs in Barrow, they're just a little over 7 degrees shy of owning the title "northernmost ATMs in the world" — apparently there are some in Longyearbyen-Svalbard, Norway that just beat us out. Still, we're happy to be able to say: North, South, East or West...we've got you covered!
If anyone out there has seen or used either set of our ATMs — at McMurdo Station or in Barrow — please let us know! We'd love to hear your stories. And if you happen to find yourself at either place using them, take a picture and send it to us to post here!
I like that Wells Fargo ATMs are somewhat more advanced, and you can deposit checks and cash without envelopes. I hope you upgrade all of the Wachovia ATMs with this feature.
wasn't this posted once before...
The ATM's at McMurdo don't actually have depositories, although the one in Barrow does. You may be wondering, why would anyone need cash in Antarctica? Well, there is a small PX-sundry shop that takes cash as well as a bar that is apparently quite popular, especially in the Winter. Also, did you know that you can now drive from McMurdo all the way to the pole in a Sno-Cat via the South Pole Traverse?
Cool!
But who restocks those ATMs? I can't imagine a Wells Fargo employee dropping by every so often with a sack of crisp bills!
@Anonymous | May 18, 2009 03:06 PM - We haven't blogged about these interesting ATM locations here, and I checked our history blog (Guided by History), and there was no mention of them their either. Not sure where you read this before.
Please Expand to the PRESTO NETWORK with Publix or MoneyPass Network to give us the customer more access to our money with no SURCHARGES.
MODERATOR'S NOTE: This comment was originally submitted 2009-06-03 22:04:46
They even mention the ATM in this wikipedia article about McMurdo Station. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMurdo_Station MODERATOR'S NOTE: Just so you know, we removed a URL from this comment in accordance with our Comment Guidelines. Nothing else has been changed or altered in any way.