In 1998-1999 , a camp was operated at the Ford Ranges ( FRD ) in western Marie Byrd Land , supporting a part of a United States Antarctic Program ( USAP ) airborne survey initiated by UCSB and supported by the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics .
In 1998 and 1999 , a camp was operated at the Ford Ranges ( FRD ) in western Marie Byrd Land .