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Ships
The US Coast Guard Icebreaker Healyarrived at the ice edge
near McMurdo on February 05 to assist the Polar Seawith
cutting and clearing the channel due to extremely heavy ice conditions
in the Ross Island area. The Resupply Vessel American Tern made
its first trip to McMurdo, arriving at the ice edge on February 01,
and was not able to dock pier-side until February 10, due to heavy
packed ice in the channel. The MSC Tanker arrived ice edge February 10
and never made it to the McMurdo pier. The discharge of fuel was
conducted from the ice edge which started on February 24 and completed
March 07.
Aircraft
During Winfly (August) the USAP used 4 C-141 and 2 C-17 missions to
move people and cargo between Christchurch and McMurdo. The USAF C-141
completed 22 missions between Christchurch and McMurdo during October
and November. The same group came back to complete 19 C-141 missions
during January and February. A USAF C-17 aircraft ran (4) turnaround
missions in October to transport outsize cargo. The Royal New Zealand
Air Force completed 14 missions between Christchurch and McMurdo and
then returned in March (with 1 mission) to pull out personnel who
remained passed the normal season period to complete the refueling
operations.
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