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Date
|
Activity
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21
Mar 99
|
LMG99-3
Multi-disciplinary study of Antarctic fishes and phyto-plankton. (Sidell,
Detrich, Visibeck, D. Anderson)
|
|
28
Mar 99
|
NBP99-3
Studies of sediment dispersal patterns (Domack)
|
|
15
Apr 99
|
NBP99-4
Study of hydrothermal activity in the Bransfield
Strait (Klinkhammer)
|
|
27
Apr 99
|
LMG99-4&5
Continuation of LMG99-3 (Sidell, Detrich)
|
|
14
May 99
|
NBP99-5
Seismometer deployments in the South Shetland Island Archipelago
(Dorman, Wiens)
|
|
11
Jun 99
|
NBP99-6
Long-term study of Antarctic marine ecosystem (LTER)
|
|
09
Jul 99
|
LMG99-6
Palmer Station support
|
|
19
Jul 99
|
NBP99-7
Maintenance period in Talcahuano, Chile
|
|
01
Aug 99
|
LMG99-7
Transit to Talcahuano, Chile for maintenance
|
|
17
Aug 99
|
NBP99-8
Magnetic anomaly mapping (Cande)
|
|
20
Aug 99
|
First
flight to McMurdo for Winfly operations
|
|
08
Sep 99
|
NBP
Vessel lay-up in Christchurch, New Zealand
|
|
14
Sep 99
|
LMG99-8
Palmer Station support, ADCP shakedown (Chereskin)
|
|
18
Sep 99
|
Palmer
Station annual relief, summer operations commence
|
|
28
Sep 99
|
LMG99-8A
UNOLS vessel science inspection
|
|
30
Sep 99
|
First
C-141 mission to McMurdo during Ice Runway period (1 of 21);
McMurdo Station commences summer operations
|
|
01
Oct 99
|
First
C-5 mission to McMurdo of the season (1 of 2)
|
|
04
Oct 99
|
Marble
Point opens
|
|
09
Oct 99
|
LMG99-8B
Palmer Station turnover and Copacabana opening
|
|
13
Oct 99
|
Copacabana
Field Camp opens
|
|
15
Oct 99
|
First
C-17 mission to McMurdo – Test Flight, Cargo Only (1 of 2)
|
|
16
Oct 99
|
South
Pole Medevac mission
|
|
25
Oct 99
|
South
Pole begins summer operations
|
|
25
Oct 99
|
LMG99-9
Ongoing study of water column and benthic community around
Deception Island (K. Smith)
|
|
28
Oct 99
|
Cape
Shirreff Field Station Opens
|
|
02
Nov 99
|
Siple
Dome opens
|
|
13
Nov 99
|
Byrd
Surface Camp opens
|
|
20
Nov 99
|
LMG99-10
Study of bloom material along the West Antarctic shelf,
Microbiology and carbon fluz study near Victor Hugo Island (Karl,
C. Smith, DeMaster)
|
|
23
Nov 99
|
Midpoint
Camp opens
|
|
11
Dec 99
|
Transfer
flight operations from sea ice runway to Williams field skiway.
|
|
17
Dec 99
|
LMG00-1
LTER studies of sea-ice dynamics effect on biology (Fraser, Vernet,
Martinson, Quetin, Smith, Karl)
|
|
20
Dec 99
|
NBP99-9
Study of pack ice seals in southern ocean & Ross Sea (Bengtson,
Torres, Ackley, Quetin, Castellini, Stewart, Yochem, and Siniff)
|
|
27
Dec 99
|
Midpoint
Camp closes
|
|
28
Dec 99
|
USCGC POLAR STAR
commences break-in of ice channel to McMurdo Station
|
|
02
Jan 00
|
109th
AW brings fifth LC-130 aircraft to McMurdo
|
|
17
Jan 00
|
M/V RICHARD G. MATTHISEN (tanker) moored at McMurdo ice pier and commences station refueling
operations
|
|
22
Jan 00
|
Refueling
operations completed; MATTHISEN departs McMurdo
|
|
23-24
Jan 00
|
USCGC POLAR STAR
refuels Marble Point
|
|
25
Jan 00
|
Byrd
Surface Camp closes
|
|
01
Feb 00
|
First
C-141 mission to McMurdo for redeployment (1 of 10)
|
|
05
Feb 00
|
Ongoing
time-series study of the water column and benthic community around
Deception Island (K. Smith)
|
|
06
Feb 00
|
POLAR STAR
commences southbound escort of M/V GREEN WAVE
|
|
10
Feb 00
|
GREEN WAVE
arrives McMurdo ice pier; cargo offload operations commence
|
|
11
Feb 00
|
Marble
Point closes
|
|
17
Feb 00
|
GREEN WAVEdeparts McMurdo ice pier;
cargo operations completed. POLAR STAR completes McMurdo
operations and commences transit to Oates Coast in support of
Antarctic Ice Pack Seal Program (APIS)
|
|
18
Feb 00
|
South
Pole Station commences winter-over operations
|
|
25
Feb 00
|
109th
AW departs McMurdo
|
|
25
Feb 00
|
Final
C-141 turnaround mission at McMurdo
|
|
25
Feb 00
|
McMurdo
Station commences winter-over operations
|
|
08
Mar 00
|
Copacabana
Field Camp closes
|
|
09
Mar 00
|
Cape
Shirreff Field Station closes
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