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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/11547| Title: | Potential airfield sites in Antarctica for wheeled aircraft |
| Authors: | National Science Foundation (U.S.). Division of Polar Programs. Swithinbank, Charles |
| Keywords: | Airfields Antarctica Blue ice Cold regions Ice Ice runways Land ice Polar cap Polar regions Runways EPOLAR |
| Publisher: | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Special report (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)) ; 91-24. |
| Description: | Special Report Abstract: This is a report on a search for possible or potential airfield sites in Antarctica, using aerial photographs and satellite images supplemented by other data. A few sites are on ice-free ground but the majority are on inland blue ice fields. Earlier studies of potential airfields on Antarctic glacier ice are referenced. The attraction of a well-chosen blue-ice runway is that construction and maintenance costs are almost nil. A number of sites have been found suitable for the operation of unmodified transport aircraft on wheels. An inland icefield site on Mill Glacier (85°09'S, 167°12'E) is in use for wheel landings by LC-130 aircraft; another at Patriot Hills (80°19'S, 81°16'W) is in use for wheel landings by DC-6 aircraft. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/11547 |
| Appears in Collections: | Special Report |
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| SR-91-24.pdf | 9.81 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |