NSF PR 02-14 - February 20, 2002
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Photo 1
Gary Cardullo, the U.S. Antarctic Program's
airfield manager, holds a piece of core drilled from
the ice runway showing layers of compacted snow on
top of ice.
Photo credit: Peter West/National Science Foundation
Photo 2
A C-141 cargo plane on the Pegasus
runway near McMurdo Station, the National Science
Foundation's logistics hub in Antarctica. NSF runs
the U.S. Antarctic Program, which coordinates almost
all U.S. scientific research on the southernmost continent.
Photo credit: Peter West/National Science Foundation
Photo 3
Engineer George Blaisdell (seated)
checks on the condition of the surface of the runway
at Pegasus runway. The drill at the right of the picture
is used to take ice cores to check on the compaction
on the snow surface.
Photo credit: Peter West/National Science Foundation
Photo 4
A U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft
lands at Pegasus in February.
Photo credit: Dave Berry/Raytheon Polar Services.
Photo 5
Measuring the compacted snow with a
ruler. Ice surface can be seen at the bottom of the
hole.
Photo credit: Dave Berry/Raytheon Polar Services.
Photo 6
The wheels of a U.S. Air Force C-17
rest comfortably on the surface of the Pegasus runway.
Photo credit: Dave Berry/Raytheon Polar Services.
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