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Photo 1
Gary Cardullo, the U.S. Antarctic Program's
airfield manager, holds a piece of core drilled from
the ice runway showing layers of compacted snow on
top of ice. Photo 2
A C-141 cargo plane on the Pegasus
runway near McMurdo Station, the National Science
Foundation's logistics hub in Antarctica. NSF runs
the U.S. Antarctic Program, which coordinates almost
all U.S. scientific research on the southernmost continent. Photo 3
Engineer George Blaisdell (seated)
checks on the condition of the surface of the runway
at Pegasus runway. The drill at the right of the picture
is used to take ice cores to check on the compaction
on the snow surface. Photo 4
A U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft
lands at Pegasus in February. Photo 5
Measuring the compacted snow with a
ruler. Ice surface can be seen at the bottom of the
hole. Photo 6
The wheels of a U.S. Air Force C-17
rest comfortably on the surface of the Pegasus runway.
Return to Press Release NSF PR 02-14 - February 20, 2002
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