Aeromagnetic and aerial photographic survey in the South Shetland Islands,Antarctica, conducted by a small unmanned aerial vehicle (Ant-Plane)

• Main Authors: Minoru Funaki, Shin-Ichiro Higashino, Shinya Sakanaka, Naoyoshi Iwata, Norihiro Nakamura, Naohiko Hirasawa, Noriaki Obara, Mikio Kuwabara
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 2013
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Antarctic; The Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Deception Island; Livingston Island; South Bay; St. Kliment Ohridski Base; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00009695; https://doaj.org/article/08750f8904e34a5b8a56a0e329479be2

Two small unmanned aerial vehicles, Ant-Plane 6 and Ant-Plane 3, were assembled using parts and technologies developed for model airplanes. The aerial vehicles were scheduled to conduct aero magnetic and photographic surveys of the Brans?eld Basin, from a takeoff runway at Marsh Air?eld on the South...