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