Section VIII
details the number and type transportation facilities and communications
equipment for use within the Antarctic Treaty area.
Surface, Marine, and Air Transportation Vehicles
McMurdo Station
Truck, (light and heavy) |
227
|
Carrier, Personnel and Cargo
(tracked and wheeled) |
52
|
Trailer, (tracked and wheeled) |
39
|
Front-end loader, bucket and
forklift |
45
|
Forklift, warehouse |
20
|
Motor toboggans |
90
|
Crane |
2
|
Road grader |
4
|
Roller |
4
|
Tractor, crawler |
26
|
Tractor, wheeled |
2
|
Sweeper, magnet |
1
|
Snow plane |
6
|
Truck, fire, pumper |
8
|
Trencher |
2
|
Aircraft, LC-130 |
6
|
Helicopters, Aerospatiale AS-350B-2 |
3
|
Helicopters, Bell 212 |
1
|
Scraper |
2
|
Backhoe |
2
|
Amundsen-Scott
South Pole Station
Cranes |
3
|
Excavator |
1
|
Front
Loader, tracked |
7
|
Motor
Toboggans |
2
|
Personnel
Carrier |
5
|
Snow
Plane |
2
|
Tele-handler |
1
|
Tractor
Crawler |
3
|
Trencher |
1
|
Truck,
light and heavy |
2
|
Palmer Station
Front-loader
(wheeled) |
2 |
Motor toboggans |
2 |
Boats, rubber
(Zodiac) |
16 |
Forklift, all
terrain |
1 |
Telescopic
material handler |
1 |
Vehicle, all
terrain, 4-wheel |
4 |
Description of
Communications Facilities
Note:
For information on frequencies, see attached Comms
forms (Attachment A). The following projects are
contemplated for the FY 2000-2001 season in Antarctica.
McMurdo Station
- HF modernization at the McMurdo
transmitter facility.
- Assist with the move of the
older ASR-8 radome and install a second TDRSS link.
- Provide support for a data link
and equipment to be installed at Crater Hill as part of the
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Project.
- Install equipment at the Cosray facility to provide
network connectivity with the McMurdo LAN.
South Pole
Station
- Install a dedicated HF link to
the South Pole to be used for operational requirements.
Palmer Station
No major communications projects
are planned for Palmer Station during the reporting period.
Description of
Airfields
McMurdo Station
Air Facilities
- Williams Field - 10,000 ft. and
8,000 ft. skiways on ice shelf.
- 10,000 ft. and 8,000 ft. ice
runways (on annual sea ice)
- 10,000 foot runway on glacial
ice (Pegasus)
- Helicopter landing pad.
Crash Equipment
- Two Canadian Foremost
Chieftains, 1200 gallons AFFF (each)
- Two Nodwell Flex-Trac equipped
with 1350 lb. PKP, 200 gallon AFFF
- One Nodwell Flex-Trac equipped
with 3,000 lb. PKP
- Seven 150 lb. PKP sled-mounted
extinguisher on the flight line
- Two 3,000 lb. PKP sled-mounted
extinguishers at the heli-pad
- One Pumper/Tanker, 3,400 gallons
of water.
- Two Pumpers, 750 gallons (H2O),
1000 GPM
Navigation Aids
- Precision (course & glide
slope) Approach Radar (PAR) and Approach Surveillance Radar
(ASR) on primary landing runways, AN/FPN-36 radar.
- AN/TRN-26 TACAN.
- AN/URN-25 TACAN
- T-1109/GRT-22 UHF radio beacon.
- Terminal Approach Control Radar
(GPN-27)
- Precision Approach Path
Indicator (PAPI)
- Mobile Microwave Landing System
(MMLS).
Amundsen-Scott
South Pole Station
Air Facilities
14,000 ft. skiway
Crash Equipment
Three 350 lb. dry chemical units
Navigation Aids
- PAR and ASR radar, AN/FPN-36.
- AN/URN-25 TACAN.
- T-1109/GRT-22 UHF beacon.
Palmer Station
Air Facilities
None. Open field landings
on glacier possible.
Crash Equipment
None
Navigation Aids
T-1109/GRT-22 UHF beacon.
Marble Point
Camp
Air Facilities
One helicopter landing pad.
Crash Equipment
- One 350 lb. dry chemical unit.
- One 150 lb. dry chemical unit (PKP).
Navigation Aids
None.
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