VIII\. Transportation & Comms

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

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  Truck, (light and heavy)                                       227

  Carrier, Personnel and Cargo (tracked and wheeled)             52

  Trailer, (tracked and wheeled)                                 39

  Front-end loader, bucket and forklift                          45

  Forklift, warehouse                                            20

  Motor toboggans                                                90

  Crane                                                          2

  Road grader                                                    4

  Roller                                                         4

  Tractor, crawler                                               26

  Tractor, wheeled                                               2

  Sweeper, magnet                                                1

  Snow plane                                                     6

  Truck, fire, pumper                                            8

  Trencher                                                       2

  Aircraft, LC-130                                               6

  Helicopters, Aerospatiale AS-350B-2                            3

  Helicopters, Bell 212                                          1

  Scraper                                                        2

  Backhoe                                                        2
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## Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

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  Cranes                                                         3

  Excavator                                                      1

  Front Loader, tracked                                          7

  Motor Toboggans                                                2

  Personnel Carrier                                              5

  Snow Plane                                                     2

  Tele-handler                                                   1

  Tractor Crawler                                                3

  Trencher                                                       1

  Truck, light and heavy                                         2
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## Palmer Station

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  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
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# Description of Communications Facilities

1.  For information on frequencies, see attached Comms forms (Attachment
    A). The following projects are contemplated for the FY 2000-2001
    season in Antarctica.

## McMurdo Station

1.  HF modernization at the McMurdo transmitter facility.

2.  Assist with the move of the older ASR-8 radome and install a second
    TDRSS link.

3.  Provide support for a data link and equipment to be installed at
    Crater Hill as part of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
    Project.

4.  Install equipment at the Cosray facility to provide network
    connectivity with the McMurdo LAN.

## South Pole Station

1.  Install a dedicated HF link to the South Pole to be used for
    operational requirements.

## Palmer Station

No major communications projects are planned for Palmer Station during
the reporting period.

# Description of Airfields 

## McMurdo Station

### Air Facilities

1.  Williams Field - 10,000 ft. and 8,000 ft. skiways on ice shelf.

2.  10,000 ft. and 8,000 ft. ice runways (on annual sea ice)

3.  10,000 foot runway on glacial ice (Pegasus)

4.  Helicopter landing pad.

### Crash Equipment

1.  Two Canadian Foremost Chieftains, 1200 gallons AFFF (each)

2.  Two Nodwell Flex-Trac equipped with 1350 lb. PKP, 200 gallon AFFF

3.  One Nodwell Flex-Trac equipped with 3,000 lb. PKP

4.  Seven 150 lb. PKP sled-mounted extinguisher on the flight line

5.  Two 3,000 lb. PKP sled-mounted extinguishers at the heli-pad

6.  One Pumper/Tanker, 3,400 gallons of water.

7.  Two Pumpers, 750 gallons (H2O), 1000 GPM

### Navigation Aids

1.  Precision (course & glide slope) Approach Radar (PAR) and Approach
    Surveillance Radar (ASR) on primary landing runways, AN/FPN-36
    radar.

2.  AN/TRN-26 TACAN.

3.  AN/URN-25 TACAN

4.  T-1109/GRT-22 UHF radio beacon.

5.  Terminal Approach Control Radar (GPN-27)

6.  Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI)

7.  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

1.  PAR and ASR radar, AN/FPN-36.

2.  AN/URN-25 TACAN.

3.  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

1.  One 350 lb. dry chemical unit.

2.  One 150 lb. dry chemical unit (PKP).

### Navigation Aids

None.