Leidos is the prime contractor supporting the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) with several teammates. Together the support contract is known as the Antarctic Support Contract (ASC).
See: Antarctic Support Contract | Leidos
First up, the large-and-in-charge C-17 Globemaster! Operated by the 62nd Airlift Wing out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, the C-17 can carry more than 10,000 lbs. of cargo or up to 125 personnel virtually anywhere in the world. They move more than 2.5 million lbs. of supplies to Antarctica every year to keep USAP operational. These large aircraft provide vital air-drop capabilities, and they are the only U.S. aircraft capable of a mid-winter evacuation.
ASC is celebrating the many aircraft that it relies on to support the National Science Foundation (NSF) United States Antarctic Program.
We’ve highlighted the large cargo planes, but small fixed/rotary wing aircraft are also essential to supporting USAP science teams out in the field. USAP utilizes a fleet of three helicopters, each capable of landings at altitudes of 12,500 ft. above sea level; a DC-3T (BT-67) Basler medium lift aircraft, which can transport 20 passengers or 5,000 lbs. cargo; and the USAP de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, which provides access to deep field science camps in hard-to-reach areas.
Brno University of Technology and Masaryk University present a proposal for a new research station module on Nelson Island in Antarctica. The station will be used by the Czech Antarctic Research Program based at the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University.
which is supported by the faculties and institutes of the Technical University in Brno, a technological partner of the Czech Antarctic Research Program.
This module is used for testing architectural and technical solutions proposed by the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University and for the presentation of Czech Antarctic Research.
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Maximilian Maria Kolbe, born Rajmund Kolbe (Zduńska Wola, January 8, 1894 – Auschwitz, August 14, 1941), was a Polish priest and Franciscan friar who offered to take the place of a father destined for the hunger bunker in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Aniversary of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Saint Patron of Hamradio operators, Radioclub Islas Canarias has been awarded a special callsign
Now in the Northern hemisphere it’s almost summertime, the ideal period to travel to the northern latitude while in about 6 months time, it will be better heading to the South Pole.
The US Cape Crozier hut at 77° 27′ 41″ South, 169° 11′ 13″ East, is situated on the NW side of a low peak (675 m) NW of Post Office Hill. A message post from Scott’s National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) is situated in West Colony (169° 14′ 37.5″ E, 77° 27′ 16.7″ S) and was designated as Historic Site and Monument (HSM) No.69 through Measure 4 (1995). The area is Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No. 124.
An Automatic Weather Station (AWS) named Laurie II is istalled at Cape Crozier, situated on the Ross Ice Shelf 35 km east of Cape Crozier. Air temperatures recorded at Laurie II between 2009-13 showed December as the warmest month over this period, with a mean temperature of -5.8º C, and August as the coolest with a mean temperature of -33.1º C.
The nearest protected areas to Cape Crozier are on Ross Island: Lewis Bay (ASPA No.156), the site of the 1979 DC-10 passenger aircraft crash is the closest and 45 km west; Tramway Ridge (ASPA No.130) near the summit of Mt. Erebus is 55 km west; Discovery Hut on the Hut Point Peninsula (ASPA No.158 and HSM No.18); Arrival Heights (ASPA No.122) is 70 km to the SW adjacent to McMurdo Station; Cape Royds (ASPA No.121), Backdoor Bay (ASPA No.157 and HSM No.15) and Cape Evans (ASPA No.155) are 75 km west; and New College Valley (ASPA No.116) are 75 km NW at Cape Bird.