Significant Dates of Expeditions
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Date |
Activity
Fueling Operations at Vostok Station |
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03 Mar 97 |
R/V POLAR DUKE (S-036 Sidell, S-037 Detrich) PD97-2,-3,-4 |
12 May 97 |
R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER Transit from Lyttelton, NZ, to Valpariso, Chile (Multibeam Tests) NBP97-4 |
30 Jun 97 |
R/V POLAR DUKE end of Charter |
05 Jul 97 |
R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER Transit (cont’d) from Lyttelton, NZ, to Valpariso, Chile (Muench S-203) NBP97-5,NBP97-6,NBP97-7 |
21 Aug 97 |
First flight of Winfly |
17 Sep 97 |
Palmer Station opens |
30 Sep 97 |
McMurdo Station opens for Mainbody |
02 Oct 97 |
Single C-5 mission to McMurdo of the season |
05 Oct 97 |
Marble Point opens |
28 Oct 97 |
Siple Dome opens |
05 Nov 97 |
R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER (JGOFs Process Study IV)
NBP97-8 |
07 Nov 97 |
109th AW arrives at McMurdo |
08 Nov 97 |
South Pole opens (Winfly) |
17 Nov 97 |
Vostok Station opens |
21 Nov 97 |
Downstream B opens |
21 Nov 97 |
R/V ABEL-J Open NOAA Field Camp, Livingston Island;
Palmer Station support |
06 Dec 97 |
Move runway from sea ice to Williams field. Fueling operations at Vostock Station |
08 Dec 97 |
R/V ABEL-J (S-087 Taylor, S-097 Wiens) LMGR#5 |
17 Dec 97 |
109th AW departs McMurdo |
21 Dec 97 |
R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER (S-216 Dunbar, S-048 Eastman)
NBP97-9 |
03 Jan 98 |
R/V ABEL-J (S-003 Day, S-013 Fraser) LMGR#7 |
07 Jan 98 |
109th AW returns to McMurdo |
11 Jan 98 |
R/V ABEL-J (S-028 Quetin) LMGR#8 |
15 Jan 98 |
R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER (S-083 J. Anderson) NBP98-1 |
19 Jan 98 |
M/T Samuel V. Cobb arrives at McMurdo; station refueling |
22 Jan 98 |
R/V LAURENCE M. GOULD (S-046 Karl) LMG98-1
Marble Point refueling operations |
23 Jan 98 |
M/T Samuel V. Cobb departs McMurdo |
31 Jan 98 |
Downstream B closes |
04 Feb 98 |
Vostok Station closes |
05 Feb 98 |
Siple Dome closes |
06 Feb.98 |
Marble Point closes |
07 Feb 98 |
M/V Greenwave arrives at McMurdo |
14 Feb 98 |
M/V Greenwave departs McMurdo |
18 Feb 98 |
South Pole Station closes |
21 Feb 98 |
109th AW departs McMurdo |
22 Feb 98 |
McMurdo Station closes via LC130 |
22 Feb 98 |
Final LC-130 turnaround at McMurdo |
25 Feb 98 |
R/V LAURENCE M. GOULD (S-072 Domack) LMG98-2 |
25 Feb 98 |
R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER (S-228 J. Anderson) NBP98-2
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