Evaluation of a New SnowPaver at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Shoop, Sally A, Alger, Russ, Kunnari, Joel, Wieder, Wendy L
• Other Authors: ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Surface Transportation and Equipment; *SNOW VEHICLES; COLD REGIONS; CONSTRUCTION; PROTOTYPES; ROADS; SNOW; TEST AND EVALUATION; TRACKED VEHICLES; *SNOWPAVERS; Hampton; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA609348; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA609348

The snow roads at McMurdo Station are the primary transportation corridors to the surrounding airfields. However, during warm spells, deteriorating road conditions can seriously limit payloads for all types of vehicles. The Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) has studied the con...