Design, Construction, Maintenance, and Evaluation of the McMurdo Sound (Antarctica) Sea Ice Runway for Heavy Wheeled Aircraft Operations

• Main Authors: Greene, James L., Schauz, William G., Blaisdell, George L.
• Other Authors: AIR FORCE CIVIL ENGINEER SUPPORT AGENCY TYNDALL AFB FL
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Terminal Flight Facilities; Civil Engineering; *RUNWAYS; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; SEA ICE; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; HEAVY WHEELED AIRCRAFT; Antarctic; Grumman; Ice Runway; McMurdo Sound; McMurdo Station; Northrop; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA453025; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA453025

This ETL provides design, construction, and maintenance details, dimensional criteria, and structural evaluation guidance for operations of heavy wheeled aircraft at the Sea Ice Runway located on McMurdo Sound near McMurdo Station, Antarctica. This runway is operated by the U.S. Antarctic Program (U...