Ice Runways Near the South Pole

• Main Author: Swithinbank, Charles
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: Terminal Flight Facilities; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *LANDING FIELDS; *RUNWAYS; *ICE; SURVEYS; WHEELS; WIND DIRECTION; JET TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; SITE SELECTION; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; BLUE(COLOR); AIRCRAFT LANDINGS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; GLACIERS; CROSSWINDS; MOUNTAINS; TRAFFICABILITY; GROUND LEVEL; SURFACES; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; BLUE ICE; LANDING FIELDS SITE SELECTION; ANTARCTICA; ICE TRAFFICABILITY; ICE RUNWAYS; RUNWAY TECHNOLOGY; Antarctic; Mill Glacier; Mount Howe; South Pole; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; permafrost; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA211606; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA211606

Following an examination of air photographs of the Transantarctic Mountains, 37 blue-ice areas were reconnoitered from the air, using a ski-wheel Twin Otter operating from the South Pole. Two sites were selected as potential airfields for conventional transport aircraft, and ground surveys were made...