Feasibility Report: Operation of Light Air Cushion Vehicle at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

• Main Author: Dibbern, J S
• Other Authors: ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER CHARLOTTESVILLE VA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: Surface Effect Vehicles & Amphibious Vehicles; *AIR CUSHION VEHICLES; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; GROUND EFFECT MACHINES; GROUND VEHICLES; LOGISTICS SUPPORT; PAYLOAD; RECONNAISSANCE; SNOW; STATIONS; TIME; PASSENGER VEHICLES; LIGHTWEIGHT; CARGO VEHICLES; Antarctic; McMurdo Sound; McMurdo Station; Scott Base; Williams Field; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA189057; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA189057

This report explores the viability of the use of an air cushion vehicle (ACV) or hovercraft to perform logistic and scientific support in the area of McMurdo Station, Antarctica. After a review of personnel assets and facilities at McMurdo Station to support the ACV plus a reconnaissance of the five...