Survey Report for the Casey-Antarctica Air Transport Project 2003-2004

• Other Authors: Australian Antarctic Division (isOwnedBy)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: data.gov.au
• Subjects: AMD; AMD-AU; CEOS; CONTINENT - ANTARCTICA; EARTH SCIENCE - HUMAN DIMENSIONS - BOUNDARIES - BOUNDARY SURVEYS; EARTH SCIENCE - HUMAN DIMENSIONS - INFRASTRUCTURE - TRANSPORTATION; FIELD SURVEYS; GEOGRAPHIC REGION - POLAR; GPS - Global Positioning System; GPS RECEIVERS; air transport; blue ice; runway; skiway; survey report; wilkins; Antarctic; Australian Antarctic Territory; Casey Station; Wilkins; Ice Runway; Vanderford Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/survey-report-casey-2003-2004/1434774; http://data.gov.au/dataset/d0cc0042-b04c-43ed-b138-68008230f5b3

Taken from the survey report:\n\nConstruction of a suitable runway near Casey is a major objective of the Air Link from Hobart to the Australian Antarctic Territory and the main focus of this season's fieldwork. The 2002/2003 summer season's Air Transport Project identified and started construction of a snow capped 'Blue Ice' runway site known as A6 South, located in the Upper Vanderford Glacier (UVG) region approximately 65 km south east of Casey Station.\n\nThis season a five-member team was assembled to undertake additional investigation work in relation to snow pavement and to finalise the appropriate aeronautical charts needed to operate a runway supporting wheeled aircraft conducting inter-continental flights from Hobart.\n\nThe runway survey work this season had several objectives:\n\n1) undertake further work on A6 South to produce Type A and B aeronautical charts;\n\n2) determine the Runway flow (movement) rates;\n\n3) survey the Taxiway and Apron areas to facilitate their design; and\n\n4) survey the traverse route from Casey to the site to assist in VHF communications between the Runway and Casey station.\n\nAdditional to the Runway survey a number of other tasks were also carried out in\n\nsupport of science programs being undertaken at Casey.\n\nThe tasks outlined in the surveyors brief are varied and numerous and are included to provide the surveyor with a full and appropriate work program. The various tasks are prioritised, usually with one or two major tasks and a number of minor tasks listed to be undertaken if the opportunity arises. This season's Survey Brief has been included in Appendix A with a summary of achievements listed in Appendix B.\n\nThe following report covers the survey fieldwork undertaken by Air Transport Project (ATP) during the 2003/2004 Summer Field Season. Data collected in support of other scientific programs has been included in this report primarily as a record of work undertaken by the mapping program. These data have been supplied to the various scientists for ...