Emperor Penguins
Two men crouch as a helicopter lands in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of southern Victoria Land.
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About USAP Participants
The National Science Foundation manages the United States Antarctic Program and supports scientific research by overseeing a massive cooperative effort among researchers, the military, and civilian agencies.
Executive Program Management Science Programs Operational Support Organizations Science Support Organizations Interagency Collaborations
Executive Program Management
National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs Funds and manages the United States Antarctic Program (USAP); supports scientific research and oversees the cooperative efforts of a civilian contractor, the military, and several federal agencies.
Office of Polar Programs National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=OPP Back to Top
Science Programs
Researchers Conduct research in Antarctica and at U.S. universities, federal laboratories, and other similar U.S. organizations. For a recent list of researchers and field projects, go to http://www.usap.gov/researchersAndScienceProjects/. Back to Top
Operational Support Organizations
Raytheon Polar Services Company (Support Personnel) Provides a wide range of logistical and science support operations and is curator of the USAP web portal.
7400 South Tucson Way Centennial, CO 80112 http://rpsc.raytheon.com Back to Top The Air National Guard (New York Air National Guard 109th Airlift Wing) Provides ski-equipped C-130 (LC-130) air support between Antarctica and New Zealand and within Antarctica.
Commander 109th Air National Guard Airlift Wing Stratton Air National Guard Base Scotia, NY 12302-9752 Back to Top The U.S. Air Force (USAF 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Washington) Provides airlift support between Christchurch, New Zealand, and McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Commander 62 OG/OGV 1305 D. Street North East McChord AFB, WA 98438 Back to Top Joint Task Forces Support Forces Antarctica (Operation Deep Freeze) Provides logistics and support for the U.S. Antarctic Program; oversees the activities of U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve Command, Navy, and Coast Guard personnel who participate in the USAP.
Commander Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica KHQ(P)/CC 25 E. Street, Suite C-111 Hickam AFB, HI 96853 Back to Top The U.S. Coast Guard (PACAREA Icebreaker Operations, Cutter Polar Sea, and Cutter Polar Star) Breaks a channel in the sea ice in McMurdo Sound before the arrival of the annual fuel and resupply ships; escorts resupply ships in and out of McMurdo Station; delivers fuel to Marble Point, northern Victoria Land; and provides science support as needed.
U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Coast Guard Island Bldg 51-5 Alameda, CA 94705 Back to Top Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. Provides helicopter support within Antarctica.
Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. Post Office Box 90808 Lafayette, LA 70509 Back to Top Kenn Borek Air Ltd. Provides Twin Otter aircraft support within Antarctica.
Kenn Borek Air Ltd. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Head Office 290 McTavish Road NE Calgary, AB, Canada T2E 7G5 Back to Top The U.S. Navy (SPAWAR Systems Center Charleston/Code 66, Aviation Command and Control [C2] Division) Provides weather forecasting, air traffic control, base operations and ground electronics maintenance services.
Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center, Charleston, SC P.O. Box 190022 North Charleston, SC 29419-9022 Attn: Code 66B Back to Top
Science Support Organizations
University Navstar Consortium (UNAVCO) Provides support for permanent stations, surveying, mapping, and other applications of the Global Positioning System (GPS) to U.S. Antarctic Program investigators, and maintains a satellite facility with a full range of geodetic GPS equipment and support services at McMurdo Station during the austral summer research season.
UNAVCO 6350 Nautilus Drive Boulder, CO 80301-5554 http://www.unavco.org/facility/project_support/polar/polar.html Back to Top Ice Coring and Drilling Services (ICDS), University of Wisconsin-Madison Provides ice-coring and drilling support for NSF-sponsored research in both polar regions and at high altitudes, maintains and operates existing equipment, and develops new systems.
Ice Coring and Drilling Services Space Science and Engineering Center 1225 W. Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706 http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/icds/ Back to Top Biospherical Instruments, Inc. Operates a polar network of ultraviolet monitoring instruments in Antarctica and the Arctic. Provides data to researchers studying the effects of ozone depletion on terrestrial and marine biological systems.
Biospherical Instruments Inc. 5340 Riley Street San Diego, CA 92110-2621 http://www.biospherical.com/NSF/ Back to Top
Interagency Collaborations
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
National Scientific Balloon Facility; Palestine, Texas Provides services for launching, tracking, and recovering large unmanned, high-altitude research balloons.
Office of Space Science Code SR National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, D.C. 20546 Back to Top
McMurdo Ground Station (MGS) Provides tracking and data-acquisition support and launch vehicle/payload tracking to polar-orbiting spacecraft from McMurdo Ground Station, a NASA-owned automated 10-meter tracking system.
Space Communications Program Ground Networks Project Code 453 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 20771-0001 Back to Top NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Climate Monitoring and Diagnostic Laboratory) Conducts research and continual surveillance on the depletion and expected recovery of the global stratospheric ozone layer and Antarctic ozone hole.
Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory 325 Broadway R/CMDL1 Boulder, Colorado 80305 http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/obop/spo/ (South Pole Observatory) Back to Top USGS (U.S. Geological Survey - U.S. Antarctic Resource Center) Supports mapping (including field surveys), geodesy, year-round acquisition of geospatial data, and satellite image mapping. Maintains the Nation's collection of Antarctic maps, charts, satellite images, and photographs produced by the United States and other member nations of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and is the U.S. contribution to the SCAR Library system.
U.S. Antarctic Resource Center U.S. Geological Survey 515 National Center Reston, Virginia 20192 http://usarc.usgs.gov/ Back to Top |