Note on the Feasibility of Establishing Snow and Ice Runways at Japanese Antarctic Stations-In the Context of the East Antarctic Air Network -

• Main Authors: Kazuyuki Shiraishi, Valery Klokov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1997
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Antarctic; Ice Runway; Syowa Station; Yamato; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00009016; https://doaj.org/article/c19e18563b8f4a52ae895eb3a9f2e4e9

This report summarizes the feasibility study to introduce intercontinental air operation for the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) by establishing hard-surface runways near JARE stations. Syowa Station and the Yamato Mountains areas were considered to identify the favorable sites for run...