Expedition Dates-1997-98 Mods

Section II of the Modifications of Activities Planned for 1997-98 lists the actual dates of significant events occurring during this time period.

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Significant Dates of Expeditions

Date Activity
Fueling Operations at Vostok Station
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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