COMPACTED-SNOW RUNWAYS IN ANTARCTICA DEEP FREEZE 65 TRIALS

• Main Authors: Moser, E. H., Jr., Sherwood, G. E.
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1966
• Subjects: Terminal Flight Facilities; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *SNOW; *RUNWAYS; MAINTENANCE; SOIL MECHANICS; CONSTRUCTION; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; TRAFFICABILITY; Antarctic; Lanes; McMurdo Sound; Psi; Ross Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; Ice Shelf; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0639660; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0639660

Snow-compaction investigations were conducted on the Ross Ice Shelf adjacent to McMurdo Sound during Deep Freeze 65 following investigations made during Deep Freeze 61 through Deep Freeze 64. A 150-by 6,000-foot runway was constructed by adding a 16-inch layer of compacted snow over an existing laye...