BYRD STATION SNOW TUNNELS - MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES.

• Main Authors: Sherwood, G. E., Gifford, S. E.
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1965
• Subjects: (*UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES; ARCTIC REGIONS); MELTING; SNOW REMOVAL; MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT; SAWS; SNOW; DRILLS; ICE; BYRD STATION; Arctic; Byrd; Byrd Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0465768; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0465768

To prevent excessive snow-tunnel closure, equipment and techniques were developed to score and trim the snow-tunnel walls at Byrd Station Antarctica. The equipment includes a chain saw and guide for scoring the snow to a controlled depth, hand tools for chipping the scored snow from the walls, a gas...