Experimental Development of Potable Water Supply for New South Pole Station.

• Main Author: Williams,John S.
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CALIF
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Civil Engineering; *Drinking water; *Antarctic regions; Drilling; Melting; Boilers; Hoses; Pumps; Water supplies; Polar regions; Greenland; *Rodriguez wells; *Potable water; Antarctic; Rodriguez; South Pole; Antarc*; Ice; permafrost; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0777037; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0777037

Background information about the water supply in polar regions and the development of the Rodriguez Well in Greenland are presented. The design concept of using waste heat from the diesel generators, procurement and fabrication of equipment, and the installation and operation of an experimental well...