Improving Snow Roads and Airstrips in Antarctica

• Main Authors: Lee, Sung M., Haas, Wilbur M., Brown, Robert L., Wuori, Albert F.
• Other Authors: MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIV HOUGHTON
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Civil Engineering; *SNOW; *ROADS; *BEARING STRENGTH; *RUNWAYS; RATIOS; TEMPERATURE; WATER; MIXTURES; PROFILES; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WHEELS; LANDING FIELDS; ADDITIVES; JET TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; GROUND TRAFFIC; MELTING POINT; HARDNESS; SUMMER; WOOD; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; COMPACTING; BLOWERS; MEASUREMENT; DENSITY; SAWDUST; MAINTENANCE; STATIONS; *SNOW ROADS; CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO; SNOW BLOWERS; C-141 AIRCRAFT; Antarctic; Austral; Lanes; McMurdo Station; South Pole; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; permafrost; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA211588; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA211588

During the 1986-1987 austral summer, snow road and runway test lanes were constructed at McMurdo Station and at South Pole Station. These lanes were monitored during Dec 86-Jan 87, and again in Jan 88. Test sections were constructed of 1) tractor-compacted snow topped with a 15-cm layer of rotary bl...