Find information about Link to current USAP current USAP projects project websites and find Use the links below to using the principal more detailed find out more information investigator, event information about the about the 2005-2006 number, station, and research and the people USAP Field Season. other indexes. involved. Event Numbering System: 2005-2006 Find information about current USAP projects using the Every project is assigned a unique event number. principal investigator, event number station, and other The first letter indicates the USAP program funding a project: indexes. Prefix USAP Program A Aeronomy and Astrophysics Find more information about B Biology and Medicine USAP projects by viewing individual project web sites. G Geology and Geophysics I Glaciology 2005-2006 Field Season Other Information: O Ocean and Climate Systems Home Page W Artists and Writers Station Schedules The suffix represents the supporting station. If field work takes place at more Air Operations than one location the event number carries more than one suffix separated Staffed Field Camps by a slash. Event Numbering System Suffix Supporting Station (link to index) Scouting In Antarctica M McMurdo Station P Palmer Station S Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station L ARSV Laurence M. Gould N RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer E Special Projects. Examples include investigatorsworking with other national Antarctic programs, or groups working on islands in the peninsula. Scouting In Antarctica: 2005-2006 Find information about current USAP projects using the Kim Silverman principal investigator, event number station, and other Phone: 703.292.7414 indexes. E-mail: [email protected] Cooperative programs between the National Science Foundation and America's two major scouting organizations, Girl Scouts of the USA and Boy Scouts of America, sponsor a national competition every two years to select a scout for Find more information about participation in the United States Antarctic Program. USAP projects by viewing individual project web sites. The goal is to acquaint the boy or girl scout with a variety of science disciplines and with career opportunities in polar research and operational support. The scout, through scouting publications and sites on their home pages, shares his or 2005-2006 Field Season her Antarctic experience with the many other members of the two scouting Other Information: groups. Inclusion of a scout in the USAP began when Paul Siple joined Richard E. Byrd's expedition 70 years ago. Home Page For the 2005-2006 field season, Benjamin J. Pope of Newton, Massachusetts Station Schedules has been selected. Ben has completed the freshman year at MIT where he is majoring in Mechanical engineering and boasts a 4.9/5.0 GPA. Ben has played Air Operations the trombone for 10 years, participates in varsity soccer at MIT, and has earned many awards including selection as a 2004 US Presidential Scholar, one of 12 Staffed Field Camps selected for a 2-week study visit to China. He enjoys outdoor activities and Event Numbering System traveling. Scouting In Antarctica Staffed Field Camps: 2005-2006 Find information about current USAP projects using the McMurdo Dry Valleys 77.30'S, 162.00'E principal investigator, event 50 nm from McMurdo Station number station, and other indexes. Each year numerous groups conduct research throughout the Dry Valleys. Two resident staff will operate the main base camp at Lake Hoare and other groups will operate from small tent camps throughout the region. Find more information about Siple Dome 81.39'S, 149.04'W USAP projects by viewing 507 nm from McMurdo Station individual project web sites. Siple Dome with two resident staff will support two science projects: Sridhar Anandakrishnan (I-205-M) will investigate the high frequency, fine scale motion 2005-2006 Field Season of Bindschadler and MacAyeal Ice Streams to better understand the relationship Other Information: between stream flow and tide height. Slawek Tulaczyk (I-345-M) will use Siple Dome as a staging area and travel to an independent, tent camp on the Kamb Home Page Icestream. The group will conduct geophysical research designed to test if the Station Schedules Icestream is restarting. Air Operations WAIS Divide Field Camp 79.46'S, 112.08'W 924 nm from McMurdo Station Staffed Field Camps The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide Field Camp with ten resident staff Event Numbering System will support eight projects: Kendrick Taylor (I-477-M) and Todd Sowers (I-177-M) Scouting In Antarctica will focus on ice-core sampling. Pannirselvam Kanagaratnam (I-346-M), Charlie Raymond (I-163-M), and Prasad Gogineni (I-188-M) will conduct radar surveys. Eftyhia Zesta (A-357-M) will install a magnetometer. Ian Dalziel (G-087-M/S) will conduct his final year of work on the current WAGN (West Antarctic GPS Network) award. The AWS (automatic weather station) project team, (O-283-M Charles Stearns), will service stations from the camp. Air Operations: 2005-2006 Find information about current USAP projects using the principal investigator, event number station, and other McMurdo Station indexes. McMurdo-based aircraft (Helicopters, Twin Otter and LC-130 fixed-wing aircraft) will continue to support USAP researchers and program logistical functions. Find more information about Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. (PHI) USAP projects by viewing individual project web sites. Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. (PHI) will provide helicopter support with four helicopters (two AS-350-B2 "A-Stars" and two Bell 212s) based out of McMurdo Station. They will support researches in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Royal Society Range and on 2005-2006 Field Season Ross Island. Other Information: http://www.phihelico.com/ Home Page Station Schedules New York Air National Guard (ANG) Air Operations New York Air National Guard will provide re-supply and research support to South Pole Station. They will support research activities at Siple Dome, Byrd Surface Staffed Field Camps Camp, Thwaites Glacier Camp, Pine Island Camp, and Beardmore Glacier. http://www-105aw.ang.af.mil/ Event Numbering System Scouting In Antarctica Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter aircraft, operated by Kenn Borek Air will be used by a number of projects throughout the USAP area of operations. http://www.borekair.com/ Station Schedules: 2005-2006 Find information about current USAP projects using the principal investigator, event The United States Antarctic Program operates three permanent research stations number station, and other indexes. on the continent and two research vessels. It also supports work that is not based at any of the stations or on the vessels. Below are the planned season dates and the estimated populations (which are subject to change) of each station and both research vessels. Find more information about USAP projects by viewing individual project web sites. McMurdo Station 20 Aug 2005 Winfly 2005-2006 Field Season 05 Oct 2005 Mainbody Other Information: 23 Feb 2006 Austral winter season begins Home Page Station Schedules Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Air Operations 21 Oct 2005 Operational opening Staffed Field Camps 28 Oct 2005 Austral summer season begins Event Numbering System 15 Feb 2006 Austral winter season begins Scouting In Antarctica Palmer Station 22 Sep 2005 Operational opening 10 Oct 2005 Austral summer season begins 08 Apr 2006 Austral winter season begins Research Vessels Vessels operate year-round. Vessel schedules on the portal: http://www.usap.gov/vesselScienceAndOperations/ Estimated Population McMurdo Station 900 Summer weekly average 2,900 Summer total 200 Winter total Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station 245 to 258 Summer weekly average 725 Summer total 75 Winter total Palmer Station 31 to 45 Seasonal range 20 Winter total Research Vessels RV/IB Nathaniel B. Palmer: 39 science and RPSC staff, 25 crew ARSV Laurence M. Gould: 38 science and RPSC staff, 25 crew Technical Event Index: 2005-2006 Find information about current USAP projects using the Every field season, the USAP sponsors a variety of technical events that are not principal investigator, event scientific research projects but instead support one or more science projects. number station, and other indexes. T-008-M NASA GSFC NAILS, MTRS1, MTRS2, and STPR McMurdo Station Michael Comberiate NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Find more information about Code 422 USAP projects by viewing Building 16W, Room N066 individual project web sites. Greenbelt, MD 20771 301.286.2165 2005-2006 Field Season [email protected] Other Information: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/ NASA researchers will be performing maintenance and upgrades to their systems Home Page during each Austral summer season: Station Schedules NAILS two-meter satellite tracking station on Ross Island: Air Operations Perform system checkup, test and repair if necessary Examine spares, reorganize, and retrograde old equipment and Staffed Field Camps equipment for Antarctic Museum display Event Numbering System MTRS1 and MTRS2 TDRS uplink station on Black Island: Scouting In Antarctica Perform system checkup, repair if necessary The project team will work with a staff communications technician for reconfigurations and repairs. Except for AC power, heat, and internet support to the project team's equipment, normal operations will require no support from McMurdo station contractor support personnel. T-150-M/S Ice Core Drilling Services (ICDS) South Pole Station Dr. Charles R. Bentley University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Geology and Geophysics 1215 W. Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706 608.262.0693 [email protected] http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/a3ri/icds Ice Coring and Drilling Services (ICDS) at the University of Wisconsin, Madison provides ice-coring and drilling services to NSF-sponsored researchers both in the polar regions and at high-altitude sites. ICDS maintains and operates a variety of drills, and develops new systems when needed, to provide the best possible ice cores, deploy instruments within the ice, and provide access go glacial beds. At the same time, they seek to minimize the environmental impact of drilling projects and employ methods that are in compliance with applicable environmental law.