Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Antarctic Runways

Here is a partial list of airfields on Antarctica measured from the South Pole. Location codes 1-14 of 14 near location NZSP (90°00'00"S 0°00'00"E) NZSP Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station [Jack F. Paulus Skiway], AQ:
  • Miles km To ICAO Name
  • 672 mi 1081 km W SCPZ Antartica (Antarctica) [Patriot Hills], CL
  • 835 mi 1344 km S NZPG McMurdo Station [Pegasus Field], Ross Island, AQ
  • 842 mi 1355 km S NZWD McMurdo Station [Williams Field], AQ
  • 843 mi 1356 km S NZIR McMurdo Station [Ice Runway], Ross Island, AQ
  • 1051 mi 1692 km W GC0021 Sky-Blu [Sky Blu Logistics Facility], Eastern Ellsworth Land, AQ
  • 1556 mi 2504 km W AAXX Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, AQ
  • 1617 mi 2602 km E GC0020 Wilkins Runway (Casey), Upper Peterson Glacier, AQ
  • 1747 mi 2811 km NW SCBG Base Antarctica [Presidente Gabriel Gonzalez Videla], CL
  • 1750 mi 2817 km NW GC0012 Palmer Station, Anvers Island, AQ
  • 1787 mi 2876 km NW SAWB Base Marambio, Seymour Island, AQ
  • 1851 mi 2978 km NW SCBO Base Antarctica [Bernado O'Higgins], CL
  • 1908 mi 3070 km NW SCBP Base Antarctica [Arturo Prat], Greenwich Island, CL
  • 1929 mi 3104 km NW SCRM Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin, King George Island, AQ
There is a better list available about runways near the SP in this link. The above list excludes for example:

Troll Airfield AQ-0002, Troll Station, Antarctica, 1083 nm N (2006 km, 1246 miles)
Novolazarevskaya Station AQ-0001, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, 1150 nm NNE (2129 km, 1323 miles)

and several others.


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Friday, December 3, 2010

Trucking at the South Pole

I think here are the key words to success at the Antarctic. Have lot of money and fuel. Use pretested and redundant systems (4 trucks). Do not take any risks. Do it when the weather is mildests.













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