Engineering Manual for McMurdo Station. Revision

• Main Authors: Hoffman, C R, Beard, W H, Brier, F W, Dykins, J E, Paige, R A, Thomas, M W
• Other Authors: CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB (NAVY) PORT HUENEME CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1979
• Subjects: Civil Engineering; *CIVIL ENGINEERING; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BUILDINGS; DOCKS; LANDING FIELDS; LOW TEMPERATURE; MATERIALS; POLLUTION; RESEARCH FACILITIES; ROADS; SEA ICE; STATIONS; UTILITY VEHICLES; WATER PIPES; MCMURDO STATION; Antarctic; McMurdo Ice Shelf; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA135104; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA135104

This document presents engineering methods and operational procedures that have proved successful in working with the terrain and environmental features in the vicinity of McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Experience, as well as directly applied research in the McMurdo area, has provided the basis for th...