Current transportation systems for Antarctic inland stations operated by the U.S.A., France, Germany and Japan

Inland traverses conducted by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) and the other countries (USA, France and Germany) are reviewed. The performances such as weight, traction force, speed and fuel consumption of the tractors and snow vehicles are compared. The usage of various types of sl...

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Main Author: Kenji Ishizawa
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Japanese
Published: National Institute of Polar Research 2008
Subjects:
Geography (General)
G1-922
Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15094/00009429
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:7cb22d08723b401184a32a820654e2c6 2023-05-15T13:40:09+02:00 Current transportation systems for Antarctic inland stations operated by the U.S.A., France, Germany and Japan Kenji Ishizawa 2008-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.15094/00009429 https://doaj.org/article/7cb22d08723b401184a32a820654e2c6 EN JA eng jpn National Institute of Polar Research http://doi.org/10.15094/00009429 https://doaj.org/toc/0085-7289 https://doaj.org/toc/2432-079X doi:10.15094/00009429 0085-7289 2432-079X https://doaj.org/article/7cb22d08723b401184a32a820654e2c6 Antarctic Record, Vol 52, Iss 1, Pp 9-40 (2008) Geography (General) G1-922 article 2008 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.15094/00009429 2022-12-31T13:24:27Z Inland traverses conducted by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) and the other countries (USA, France and Germany) are reviewed. The performances such as weight, traction force, speed and fuel consumption of the tractors and snow vehicles are compared. The usage of various types of sledges is examined and driving operation on soft snow surface is also described. Furthermore the method of camping is explained. Finally, a new traverse system that JARE has to study and develop is discussed. The author proposes a basic transportation system for the future, incorporating the technology used by other countries. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Antarctic
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Japanese
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G1-922
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G1-922
Kenji Ishizawa
Current transportation systems for Antarctic inland stations operated by the U.S.A., France, Germany and Japan
topic_facet Geography (General)
G1-922
description Inland traverses conducted by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) and the other countries (USA, France and Germany) are reviewed. The performances such as weight, traction force, speed and fuel consumption of the tractors and snow vehicles are compared. The usage of various types of sledges is examined and driving operation on soft snow surface is also described. Furthermore the method of camping is explained. Finally, a new traverse system that JARE has to study and develop is discussed. The author proposes a basic transportation system for the future, incorporating the technology used by other countries.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Kenji Ishizawa
author_facet Kenji Ishizawa
author_sort Kenji Ishizawa
title Current transportation systems for Antarctic inland stations operated by the U.S.A., France, Germany and Japan
title_short Current transportation systems for Antarctic inland stations operated by the U.S.A., France, Germany and Japan
title_full Current transportation systems for Antarctic inland stations operated by the U.S.A., France, Germany and Japan
title_fullStr Current transportation systems for Antarctic inland stations operated by the U.S.A., France, Germany and Japan
title_full_unstemmed Current transportation systems for Antarctic inland stations operated by the U.S.A., France, Germany and Japan
title_sort current transportation systems for antarctic inland stations operated by the u.s.a., france, germany and japan
publisher National Institute of Polar Research
publishDate 2008
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op_source Antarctic Record, Vol 52, Iss 1, Pp 9-40 (2008)
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