Review of ice and snow runway pavements

• Published in: International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology
• Main Authors: White, Gregory W, McCallum, A B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Chinese Society of Pavement Engineering 2018
• Subjects: FoR 0905 (Civil Engineering); FoR 1507 (Transportation and Freight Services); Antarctic; ice; pavement; runway; snow; Ice Runway; South Pole; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijprt.2017.11.002

Antarctica is the highest, driest, coldest, windiest, most remote and most pristine place on Earth. Polar operations depend heavily on air transportation and support for personnel and equipment. It follows that improvement in snow and ice runway design, construction and maintenance will directly ben...