SKIWAY FOR C-130 AIRCRAFT AT PALMER STATION, ANTARCTICA

• Main Author: Paige, Russell A.
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1969
• Subjects: Terminal Flight Facilities; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *RUNWAYS; *AIRCRAFT LANDINGS; *ANTARCTIC REGIONS; AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE; WIND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; ICE; SAFETY; TRACKED VEHICLES; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; LANDING GEAR; VISUAL SIGNALS; SKIS; C-130 AIRCRAFT; ICE OPENINGS; PALMER STATION(ANTARCTICA); SKIWAYS; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Anvers; Anvers Island; Austral; Marr; Marr Ice Piedmont; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0699155; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0699155

Palmer Station, Antarctica, which is located on Anvers Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula, has been supported entirely by ice breakers and cargo ships during the austral summer; a capability for air support would extend this season, improve the movement of essential cargo and personnel, and prov...