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VIII. Transportation and Communications
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
| Vehicle |
Number |
| Truck, (light and heavy) |
95 |
| Carrier, Personnel and Cargo (tracked and wheeled) |
60 |
| Trailer, (tracked and wheeled) |
35 |
| Front-end loader, bucket and forklift |
42 |
| Forklift, warehouse |
20 |
| Motor toboggans |
120 |
| Crane |
3 |
| Road grader |
4 |
| Roller |
4 |
| Tractor, crawler |
41 |
| Tractor, wheeled |
2 |
| Sweeper, magnet |
1 |
| Snow plane |
5 |
| Truck, fire, pumper |
8 |
| Trencher |
1 |
| Aircraft, LC-130 |
6 |
| Helicopters, Aerospatiale AS-350B-2 |
3 |
| Helicopters, Bell 212 |
1 |
| Scraper |
2 |
| Backhoe |
2 |
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
| Vehicle |
Number |
| Cranes |
3 |
| Excavator |
1 |
| Front Loader, tracked |
7 |
| Motor Toboggans |
12 |
| Personnel Carrier |
2 |
| Snow Plane |
2 |
| Tele-handler |
1 |
| Tractor Crawler |
7 |
| Trencher |
1 |
| Truck, light and heavy |
4 |
Palmer Station
| Vehicle |
Number |
| 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 Comms forms, Attachment A (link opens a PDF document in a new browser window).
No new communications related projects are planned at McMurdo, South Pole or Palmer stations.
Description of Airfields
McMurdo Station
Air Facilities
- Williams Field - Two 10,000 ft. skiways on ice shelf.
- Sea Ice Runway- Two 10,000 ft. runways (on annual sea ice)
- Pegasus Glacier Ice runway -1 x 10,000
- McMurdo 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 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
Three 150 lb. dry chemical units (PKP).
Navigation Aids
None.
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