The condition of the runway at Novolazarevskaya Station (East Antarctica) and the safety assessment of its use based on the 2021 research data

• Main Authors: S. V. Popov, M. P. Kashkevich, A. S. Boronina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Nauka 2023
• Subjects: трещины; опасные гляциологические явления; взлётно-посадочная полоса; безопасность полётов; георадарное профилирование; новолазаревская; восточная антарктида; Science; Q; East Antarctica; Novolazarevskaya Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Антарктида
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2076673422040156; https://doaj.org/article/5935b315d3054bfb82552833a993a98c

Airbase Novo Runway has the status of the largest transport hub in the northern part of Antarctica, which can land large airlifter on wheeled chassis. However, the unsteady flow of the glacier leads both to the formation of hazardous glacial crevasses and changes the configuration of the runway. The...