Hard-Surface Runways in Antarctica

• Main Author: Mellor, Malcolm
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: Terminal Flight Facilities; *LANDING FIELDS; *RUNWAYS; AIRCRAFT; LAND TRANSPORTATION; GRAVEL; AERONAUTICS; SURFACES; SNOW; CONSTRUCTION; ICE; PLANNING; WHEELS; OPERATION; SITE SELECTION; BLUE(COLOR); ANTARCTIC REGIONS; GLACIERS; LAND ICE; ROSS SEA; POSITION(LOCATION); COASTAL REGIONS; Antarctic; Marble Point; McMurdo Sound; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; South Pole; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA200444; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA200444

The feasibility of constructing and maintaining hard-surface snow runways at McMurdo Sound and the South Pole was studied. Existing technology was reviewed, and proposals for novel techniques and machines were put forward. It was concluded that all-season operation of heavy wheeled aircraft from sno...