Delivery of Fuel and Construction Materials to South Pole Station

• Main Authors: DenHartog, Stephen L., Blaisdell, George L.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: Transport Aircraft; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Construction Equipment; Materials & Supplies; Surface Transportation and Equipment; *CARGO; *TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; *ANTARCTIC REGIONS; *CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; STATIONS; DELIVERY; SHIPS; AIRCRAFT; GLACIERS; SNOW VEHICLES; SKIS; SITES; RUNWAYS; ACCESS; FUELS; ICE; WHEELS; TRANSPORT; SOUTH POLE; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Ice Shelf; South Pole; Hercules; Polar Plateau; Ice Runway; Antarc*; Ice; Ice Shelf; permafrost; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA270431; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA270431

Plans are underway to rebuild South Pole Station, ideally with minimal impact on the current science and operational, program. The new station will require the delivery of massive amounts of construction materials to this remote site. The existing means of delivering material and fuel to the South P...