Author: Steven A. Arcone
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Category : Ground penetrating radar
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Subsurface Radar Investigations at the Pegasus Glacial-ice Runway and Williams Field, McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Author: Steven A. Arcone
Publisher:
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Category : Ground penetrating radar
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ground penetrating radar
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.
CRREL Monograph
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Category : Cold regions
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Cold regions
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Construction, Maintenance, and Operation of a Glacial Runway, McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Author: George L. Blaisdell
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Category : Glaciers
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
On 7 February 1994, a C-141 departed Christchurch, New Zealand, and landed on the 3050 m (10,000-ft) Pegasus glacial ice runway, located on the Ross Ice Shelf 13 km (8 miles) south of McMurdo, Antarctica. This event marked the final test for a five-year development program to demonstrate the feasibility of a semipermanent glacial ice runway capable of supporting heavy wheeled aircraft at a site easily accessible to McMurdo. In the later phases of developing the glacial ice runway, numerous working flights of LC-130s operating on wheels (rather than skis) moved cargo more efficiently to the South Pole, and the LC-130 and a C-130 carried larger passenger loads to Christchurch. The primary benefit of the Pegasus runway to the U.S. Antarctic Program is its ability to support heavy wheeled aircraft for most of the period of mid-January through November. In the past, only ski-equipped aircraft could land in the McMurdo area during this time period. The Pegasus runway allows increased payloads for the LC-130 (an additional 3600-kg or 8000-lb takeoff weight when using wheels) and provides access for virtually any conventional aircraft. The technology for siting, constructing, maintaining, and operating such a runway is now well understood and is described in detail in this comprehensive report.
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Category : Glaciers
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
On 7 February 1994, a C-141 departed Christchurch, New Zealand, and landed on the 3050 m (10,000-ft) Pegasus glacial ice runway, located on the Ross Ice Shelf 13 km (8 miles) south of McMurdo, Antarctica. This event marked the final test for a five-year development program to demonstrate the feasibility of a semipermanent glacial ice runway capable of supporting heavy wheeled aircraft at a site easily accessible to McMurdo. In the later phases of developing the glacial ice runway, numerous working flights of LC-130s operating on wheels (rather than skis) moved cargo more efficiently to the South Pole, and the LC-130 and a C-130 carried larger passenger loads to Christchurch. The primary benefit of the Pegasus runway to the U.S. Antarctic Program is its ability to support heavy wheeled aircraft for most of the period of mid-January through November. In the past, only ski-equipped aircraft could land in the McMurdo area during this time period. The Pegasus runway allows increased payloads for the LC-130 (an additional 3600-kg or 8000-lb takeoff weight when using wheels) and provides access for virtually any conventional aircraft. The technology for siting, constructing, maintaining, and operating such a runway is now well understood and is described in detail in this comprehensive report.
Health of Antarctic Wildlife
Author: Knowles R. Kerry
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540939237
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
comprehensively up to date. We are most grateful to these authors and to those we recruited to write the additional chapters necessary to fill the significant gaps. We acknowledge also the sacrifice of some who presented results of original research and have thus suffered a longer time than usual to publication. The timing of publication however has provided the opportunity to highlight recent discussions and resolutions made within the Antarctic Treaty forum to protect wildlife against disease and to include responses by Government and non-Government operators in Antarctica. These developments mostly followed from the Workshop on Diseases of Antarctic Wildlife. The book comprises 17 chapters presented in two parts. Wildlife disease consists of reviews, case studies and health assessments, and External factors covers the environmental, administrative and legal aspects. Each chapter is complete and c- tains all references. Six important documents are provided as Appendices. These present methods, reviews and other documents which are referred to in one or more chapters but are not readily available. There are many related topics we have been unable to cover that would enhance the understanding of health and disease processes in Antarctica. While we ackno- edge their importance they are outside the scope of the present volume. Such topics include epidemiology, new and emerging infectious diseases and the effects of climate change. These topics are referred to in the various chapters where ref- ences to source material are given.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540939237
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
comprehensively up to date. We are most grateful to these authors and to those we recruited to write the additional chapters necessary to fill the significant gaps. We acknowledge also the sacrifice of some who presented results of original research and have thus suffered a longer time than usual to publication. The timing of publication however has provided the opportunity to highlight recent discussions and resolutions made within the Antarctic Treaty forum to protect wildlife against disease and to include responses by Government and non-Government operators in Antarctica. These developments mostly followed from the Workshop on Diseases of Antarctic Wildlife. The book comprises 17 chapters presented in two parts. Wildlife disease consists of reviews, case studies and health assessments, and External factors covers the environmental, administrative and legal aspects. Each chapter is complete and c- tains all references. Six important documents are provided as Appendices. These present methods, reviews and other documents which are referred to in one or more chapters but are not readily available. There are many related topics we have been unable to cover that would enhance the understanding of health and disease processes in Antarctica. While we ackno- edge their importance they are outside the scope of the present volume. Such topics include epidemiology, new and emerging infectious diseases and the effects of climate change. These topics are referred to in the various chapters where ref- ences to source material are given.
Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts
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Category : Astrophysics
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
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Category : Astrophysics
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Government Reports Announcements & Index
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Publications in Engineering
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Antarctic Bibliography
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Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology
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Category : Cold regions
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Cold regions
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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