XI\. Refuges

Section XI provides information on existing refuges and survival caches
in the McMurdo area, as well as deactivated camps and stations elsewhere
on the continent.

# McMurdo Area Antarctic Refuges and Survival Caches

Following are the existing refuges consisting of huts or caches that may
be used in emergency survival situations. These survival huts and
survival caches are located within a 65 nautical mile radius of McMurdo
Station and are inspected annually. Information provided includes
position and description of location and accommodation, food, fuel, and
supplies of other kinds. \"Full provisions\" indicates sleeping, eating,
and cooking utensils.

## Mt. Erebus Hut and Cache

+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| P        | 77°30\'S; 167°10\'E                                       |
| osition: |                                                           |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Hut:     | Partial provisions for 3 (no sleeping bags), oxygen,      |
|          | radio during                                              |
|          |                                                           |
|          | summer.                                                   |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Cache:   | Full provisions for 6. Located 50 meters from hut.        |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+

## Cape Crozier Hut and Cache

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  Position:   77°30\'S, 169°40\'E

  Hut:        Wood structure with some provisions. No radio.

  Cache:      Full provisions for 6 located north of the hut.
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## Lake Bonney Hut and Cache

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  Position:   77°42\'S, 162°27\'E

  Hut:        Jamesway structure with provisions. No radio

  Cache:      Located 30 meters from Jamesway structure uphill.
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## Lake Vida Cache

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  Position:   77°23\'S, 161°55\'E

  Hut:        Full provisions for 6, 30 man/days food. No radio.

  Cache:      Located approximately 183m from lake on southwestern shore.
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## Lake Hoare Hut

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  Position:   76°38\'S, 162°57\'E

  Hut:        Wood structure with provisions, sleeps 6.

  Cache:      Located 30 meters from hut, food, no radio.
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## Lake Fryxell Hut

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  Position:   77°36\'S, 163°07\'E

  Hut:        Jamesway structure with provisions sleeps 6.

  Cache:      Located 30 meters from hut, food, no radio.
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## New Harbor Hut

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  Position:   77°34\'S, 163°31\'E

  Hut:        Jamesway structure with provisions, sleeps 6.

  Cache:      Located 30 meters from hut, food, no radio.
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#  McMurdo Supported Remote Locations 

## Siple Dome Camp

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  Position:   81°39\'S, 149°04\'E

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Camp winterized at the end of the 2003-2004 season. Food, fuel, survival
cache, and heavy equipment were staged on site for use during the
2003-2004 field season. Camp will be reoccupied from October 2004 to
February 2005.

## Byrd Surface Camp

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  Position:   80°01\'S, 119°32\'E

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Camp winterized at the end of the 2003-2004 season. One Jamesway was
left standing. Food, fuel, survival equipment are on site. Camp will be
reoccupied in October 2004.

# Deactivated USAP Stations and Camps

Data on unoccupied United States facilities in Antarctica is listed here
although such facilities are not considered usable as refuges. Some are
so deeply buried in snow as to make them inaccessible, while others are
difficult to locate. Information provided: (1) position and description
of location; (2) dates established and deactivated or last visited; and
(3) estimate of available accommodation, food, fuel, and supplies of
other kinds.

## Byrd Aurora Substation

+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Position:        | 79°26\'S, 188°4\'W, approximately 64km from       |
|                  | present Byrd                                      |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | Station.                                          |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Dates of         | March 1963 ‑ October 1963                         |
| Operation:       |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Description:     | Prefabricated shelter, 16 man/months food and     |
|                  | supplies, and                                     |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | 9,464 liters of diesel fuel                       |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+

## Camp Neptune

+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Position:        | 83°31\'S, 57°15\'W, Neptune Range of Pensacola    |
|                  | Mountains                                         |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Dates of         | November 1963 ‑ January 1966                      |
| Operation:       |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Description:     | 4.9m x 7.3m Jamesway building, 32 drums fuel, 4‑6 |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | man/months food, 113 kg. explosives               |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+

## Patuxent Camp

+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Position:        | 84°54\'S, 63°W, Patuxent Range of Pensacola       |
|                  | Mountains                                         |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Dates of         | November 1962 ‑ December 1965                     |
| Operation:       |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Description:     | 4.8m x 4.8m Jamesway building, 4 drums fuel, 458  |
|                  | man/days                                          |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | food plus cooking utensils                        |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+

## Prebble Glacier Camp

+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Position:        | 84°15\'S, 164°10\'E, at mouth of Prebble Glacier, |
|                  | Queen Alexandra Range                             |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Dates of         | November 1966 ‑ February 1967                     |
| Operation:       |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Description:     | 4.8m x 4.8m Jamesway building, 4 drums fuel, 1    |
|                  | man/month                                         |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | food supplies                                     |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+

## Camp Gould

+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Position:        | 78°57\'S, 85°45\'W, East Heritage Range           |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Dates of         | November 1962 ‑ February 1967                     |
| Operation:       |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Description:     | 4.8m x 4.8m Jamesway building, 48 drums fuel,     |
|                  | 8‑10 man/                                         |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | months food                                       |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+

## Amundsen Glacier Camp

+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Position:        | 86°18\'S, 160°55\'W, adjacent to Amundsen Glacier |
|                  | on the                                            |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | Faulkner Escarpment                               |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Dates of         | November 1963 ‑ January 1964                      |
| Operation:       |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Description:     | 4.8m x 4.8m Jamesway building, 4 fuel drums, 400  |
|                  | man/days                                          |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | food, cooking utensils                            |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+

## Byrd Coast Camp

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  Position:           76°55\'S, 144°W, in Edsel Ford Range at Mount
                      Farley

  Dates of Operation: October 1966 ‑ January 1967

  Description:        4.8m x 4.8m Jamesway building, 2 man/months food
                      and fuel
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## Camp Ohio

+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Position:        | 84°52\'S, 114°20\'W, Ohio Range, Horlick          |
|                  | Mountains                                         |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Dates of         | November 1961 ‑ January 1967                      |
| Operation:       |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Description:     | 4.8m x 4.8m Jamesway building, 7 drums fuel,      |
|                  | cooking                                           |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | utensils, 2 man/weeks food supplies               |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+

## Camp Minnesota

+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Position:        | 73°30\'S, 94°30\'W, in northwestern side of Jones |
|                  | Mountain                                          |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Dates of         | November 1961 ‑ January 1965                      |
| Operation:       |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Description:     | 4.8m x 4.8m Jamesway building, unknown quantity   |
|                  | of food                                           |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | and fuel                                          |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+

## Little Rockford

+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Position:        | 79°30\'S, 147°19\'W, (relocated in 1959 from      |
|                  | 79°35\'S,                                         |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | 156°46\'W)                                        |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Dates of         | December 1958 ‑ February 1965                     |
| Operation:       |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Description:     | 3 Wannigans, 1 improvised shelter, food and fuel  |
|                  | unknown                                           |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+

##  

## Plateau Station

+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Position:        | 79°15\'S, 40°30\'E                                |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Dates of         | December 1965 ‑ January 1969                      |
| Operation:       |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Description:     | Main building 21m x 7.6m van; emergency station   |
|                  | separated                                         |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | from main building consists of 9m x 2.4m van      |
|                  | attached to a                                     |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | 4.8m x 8m Jamesway; 3‑4.8m x 8.5m\' and 1‑4.8m x  |
|                  | 4.8m                                              |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | Jamesway huts with limited supply of DFA and      |
|                  | mogas                                             |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | available; however, access may be difficult owing |
|                  | to snow                                           |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | cover; 100 man/months of food plus cooking        |
|                  | utensils. Only antenna observed during overflight |
|                  | of site in January 2003                           |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+

## Camp Ohio II

+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Position:        | 86°S, 127°W, near crashed R4D aircraft            |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Dates of         | November 1962 ‑ January 1965                      |
| Operation:       |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Description:     | 4.8m x 7.3m Jamesway, 4 drums fuel, 2 man/months  |
|                  | food                                              |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | plus cooking utensils                             |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+

## Roosevelt Island Hut

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  Position:           80°11\'S, 161°39\'W

  Dates of Operation: 1969

  Description:        Provisions for 25. No radio
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## Hallett Station

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  Position:           72°19\'S, 170°13\'E

  Dates of Operation: January 1957 ‑ February 1973

  Description:        4 buildings
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## Brockton Station

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  Position:           80°01\'S, 178°02\'W

  Dates of Operation: October 1965 ‑ February 1972

  Description:        4 buildings, 14 drums fuel, and 4,164 liters bulk
                      fuel
  ------------------- ---------------------------------------------------

## Marie Byrd Land Camp

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  Position:           75°45\'S, 135°W

  Dates of Operation: October ‑ December 1977

  Description:        5 Jamesway huts, bulk DFA, food
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## Ellsworth Mountains Camp

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  Position:           79°07\'S, 85°39\'W

  Dates of Operation: November 1979 ‑ January 1980

  Description:        1 Jamesway hut
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## McGregor Glacier Hut

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  Position:           85°08\'S, 174°50\'E

  Dates of Operation: 1982‑83 season

  Description:        Camp buried under snow. No radio
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## Dome C Camp

+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Position:        | 74°39\'S, 124°10\'E                               |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Dates of         | Camp active summer seasons through 1981/82. Last  |
| Operation:       | visited                                           |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | Jan. 1996                                         |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Description:     | 8 Jamesway huts, 3,785 liters POL, and 2,722 kg.  |
|                  | food                                              |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+

## Beardmore South Camp

+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Position:        | 85°2\'S, 164°15\'E                                |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Dates of         | October 1984 ‑ February 1986                      |
| Operation:       |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Description:     | Wooden module buried under snow, mogas, some JP8  |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | available.                                        |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+

##  

## Siple Station

+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Position:        | 75°56\'S, 84°15\'W                                |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Dates of         | January 1979 - February 1988                      |
| Operation:       |                                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Description:     | An unsafe enclosed area under-the-snow, and       |
|                  | Jamesway huts                                     |
|                  |                                                   |
|                  | on the surface.                                   |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+

## Upstream Bravo

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  Position:           83°29\'S, 138°06\'W

  Dates of Operation: February 1994

  Description:        All structures buried.
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