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)                                       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
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  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                                                12

  Personnel Carrier                                              2

  Snow Plane                                                     2

  Tele-handler                                                   1

  Tractor Crawler                                                7

  Trencher                                                       1

  Truck, light and heavy                                         4
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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).

## McMurdo South Pole and Palmer stations

No new communications related projects are planned at McMurdo, South
Pole or Palmer stations during the reporting period.

# Description of Airfields 

## McMurdo Station

### Air Facilities

1.  Williams Field - 2 x 10,000ft, skiways on ice shelf

2.  Sea Ice Runway - 2 x 10,000 ft runways (on annual sea ice)

3.  Pegasus Glacier Ice runway -1 x 10,000

4.  McMurdo Helicopter landing pad

### Crash Equipment/Fire 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 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

1 x 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.  Three 150 lb. dry chemical unit (PKP)

### Navigation Aids

None