Station Openings-1998-99 Plans 1997-98 plans link
1997-98 mods link
1998-99 plans link

Section III of the 1998-99 season plans lists the names, locations, and opening dates of the Party's bases and subsidiary stations established in the Antarctic Treaty Area, and whether they are for summer and/or winter operations.

Year Round Stations

McMurdo Station

  • Location: Hut Point Peninsula on Ross Island in McMurdo Sound

  • 77° 55'S Latitude
  • 166° 39'E Longitude
  • Annual Relief: 29 September 1998

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

  • Location: 90° 00'S Latitude
  • Annual Relief: 26 September 1998

Palmer Station

  • Location: Anvers Island near Bonaparte Point
  • 64° 46'S Latitude
  • 64° 05'W Longitude
  • Annual Relief: 14 September 1998

Austral Summer Camps

Siple Dome Camp

  • Location: 81° 39'S Latitude
  • 149° 04'W Longitude
  • Open: 27 October 1998
  • Close: 01 February 1999

Downstream Bravo Camp

  • Location: 84° 01'S Latitude
  • 155° 00'W Longitude
  • Open: 28 October 1998
  • Close: 01 February 1999

Ford Range Camp

  • Location: 77° 16'S Latitude
  • 142° 27'W Longitude
  • Open: 01 December 1998
  • Close: 01 February 1999

Upstream Delta Camp

  • Location: 81° 0'S Latitude
  • 140° 00'W Longitude
  • Open: 16 November 1998
  • Close: 01 February 1999

Pieter J. Lenie Field Station
("Copacabana"), King George Island

  • Location: 62° 10'S Latitude
  • 58° 28'W Longitude
  • Open: early October 1998
  • Close: late February 1999

Cape Shirreff Field Station, Livingston Island

  • Location: 62° 28'S Latitude
  • 60° 47'W Longitude
  • Open: late November 1998
  • Close: late February 1999


PreviousBack to Table of ContentsNextSearchDownloadMore InformationTreaty Homewww.nsf.govOPP Home