SNOW TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT - TRACTOR-MOUNTED SNOWPLOW TESTS

• Main Author: Hansen,Robert W.
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CALIF
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1964
• Subjects: (*TRACKED VEHICLES; SNOW REMOVAL); (*SNOW VEHICLES; TRACTORS); VEHICLE TRACKS; SLEDS; SNOW; POLAR REGIONS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; CLIMATE; LOAD DISTRIBUTION; MANEUVERABILITY; TERRAIN; WIND; ICE; DEEP FREEZE OPERATION; McMurdo Station; Psi; Ross Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0442074; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0442074

During the summer season of Deep Freeze 63, tests were made with a tractor-mounted snowplow to determine its suitability for clearing drift in a surface camp on snow and for transporting construction fill snow. The tests were made at the NCEL camp on the Ross Ice Shelf near McMurdo Station, Antarcti...