INVESTIGATION OF CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF AIRDROMES ON ICE 1947-1948. REPORT OF CORPS OF ENGINEERS OBSERVERS ON PROJECT SNOWMAN OF ATLANTIC DIVISION, ATC.

• Other Authors: ARCTIC CONSTRUCTION AND FROST EFFECTS LAB BOSTON MASS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1947
• Subjects: Terminal Flight Facilities; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*LANDING FIELDS; *ICE); GREENLAND; AIRCRAFT LANDINGS; TAKEOFF; LANDING GEAR; LOADS(FORCES); DEFORMATION; STATISTICAL DATA; CONSTRUCTION; MAINTENANCE; CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO; GREENLAND ICE CAP; ICE CAPS; Greenland; Snowman; Ice; Ice cap; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0712653; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0712653

Project Snowman was organized and carried out by the Atlantic Division, Air Transport Command during the summer of 1947 in order to investigate a portion of the Greenland Ice Cap with the objects of determining search and rescue procedurs and equipment appropriate for that area and of determining feasibility of using the Ice Cap surface for air operations. The report presents principally the observations and tests made by the Engineer Observers during Project Snowman. However, some data developed by other members of the Project are also included which are pertinent to the overall problem of construction and maintenance of airfields on the Ice Cap. (Author) See also AD-125 198.