McMurdo Area Antarctic Refuges and Survival Caches
Following are the existing refuges
consisting of huts or caches that may be used in emergency survival
situations. These
survival huts and survival caches are located within a 65 nautical
mile radius of McMurdo Station and are inspected annually. Information provided
includes position and description of location and accommodation,
food, fuel, and supplies of other kinds. "Full provisions"
indicates sleeping, eating, and cooking utensils.
Mt. Erebus Hut and
Cache
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Position:
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77°30'S,
167°10'E
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Hut:
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Partial
provisions for 3 (no sleeping bags), oxygen, radio during
summer. |
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Cache:
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Full
provisions for 6. Located
50 meters from hut.
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Cape Crozier Hut
and Cache
| Position: |
77°30'S,
169°40'E |
| Hut: |
Wood structure with some provisions. No radio. |
| Cache: |
Full provisions for 6 located north of the hut. |
Lake Bonney Hut
and Cache
| Position: |
77°42'S,
162°27'E |
| Hut: |
Jamesway structure with provisions. No radio |
| Cache: |
Located on southeastern shore of Lake Bonney,
approximately 30m from
lake. |
Lake Vida Cache
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Position:
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77°20'S,
162°00'E
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Hut:
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Full
provisions for 6, 30 man/days food. No radio.
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Cache:
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Located
approximately 183m from lake on southwestern shore.
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Lake Hoare Hut
| Position: |
76°38'S,
162°57'E |
| Hut: |
Wood structure with provisions. No
radio. |
Lake Fryxell Hut
| Position: |
77°36'S,
163°07'E |
| Hut: |
Jamesway structure with provisions. No
radio. |
New Harbor Hut
| Position: |
77°34'S,
163°31'E |
| Hut: |
Jamesway structure with provisions. No
radio. |
McMurdo
Supported Remote Locations
Siple Dome Camp
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Position:
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81°39'S,
149°04'E
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Camp winterized for the season. Four (4) Jamesway structures remain standing. Food, fuel, survival cache,
and heavy equipment were staged on site for use during the 1997-98
field season.
Byrd
Surface Camp
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Position:
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80°01'S,
119°32'E
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Survival cache
and Jamesway, minimal food and fuel winterized for the season. All wooden structures, heavy
equipment and materials removed from the camp.
Deactivated USAP Stations and Camps
Data on unoccupied United States
facilities in Antarctica is listed here although such facilities are
not considered usable as refuges.
Some are so deeply buried in snow as to make them
inaccessible, while others are difficult to locate. Information provided: (1) position and description
of location; (2) dates established and deactivated or last visited;
and (3) estimate of available accommodation, food, fuel, and
supplies of other kinds.
Byrd Aurora
Substation
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Position:
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79°26'S,
188°4'W,
approximately 64km from present Byrd Station. |
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Dates
of Operation:
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March 1963
October 1963
|
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Description:
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Prefabricated
shelter, 16 man/months food and supplies, and 9,464 liters of
diesel fuel |
Camp Neptune
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Position:
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83°31'S,
57°15'W,
Neptune Range of Pensacola Mountains
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Dates
of Operation:
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November 1963
January 1966
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Description:
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4.9m x 7.3m
Jamesway building, 32 drums fuel, 4 6 man/months food,
113 kg. explosives |
Patuxent Camp
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Position:
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84°54'S,
63°W,
Patuxent Range of Pensacola Mountains
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Dates
of Operation:
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November 1962
December 1965
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Description:
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4.8m x 4.8m
Jamesway building, 4 drums fuel, 458 man/days food plus
cooking utensils |
Prebble Glacier Camp
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Position:
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84°15'S,
164°10'E,
at mouth of Prebble Glacier, Queen Alexandra Range
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Dates
of Operation:
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November 1966
February 1967
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Description:
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4.8m x 4.8m
Jamesway building, 4 drums fuel, 1 man/month food supplies |
Camp Gould
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Position:
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78°57'S,
85°45'W,
East Heritage Range
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Dates
of Operation:
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November 1962
February 1967
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Description:
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4.8m x 4.8m
Jamesway building, 48 drums fuel, 8 10 man/months food |
Amundsen Glacier Camp
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Position:
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86°18'S,
160°55'W,
adjacent to Amundsen Glacier on the Faulkner Escarpment |
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Dates
of Operation:
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November 1963
January 1964
|
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Description:
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4.8m x 4.8m
Jamesway building, 4 fuel drums, 400 man/days food, cooking
utensils |
Byrd Coast Camp
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Position:
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76°55'S,
144°W,
in Edsel Ford Range at Mount Farley
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Dates
of Operation:
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October 1966
January 1967
|
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Description:
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4.8m x 4.8m
Jamesway building, 2 man/months food and fuel
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Camp Ohio
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Position:
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84°52'S,
114°20'W,
Ohio Range, Horlick Mountains
|
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Dates
of Operation:
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November 1961
January 1967
|
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Description:
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4.8m x 4.8m
Jamesway building, 7 drums fuel, cooking utensils, 2 man/weeks
food supplies |
Camp Minnesota
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Position:
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73°30'S,
94°30'W,
in northwestern side of Jones Mountain
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Dates
of Operation:
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November 1961
January 1965
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Description:
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4.8m x 4.8m
Jamesway building, unknown quantity of food and fuel |
Little Rockford
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Position:
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79°30'S,
147°19'W,
(relocated in 1959 from 79°35'S,
156°46'W) |
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Dates
of Operation:
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December 1958
February 1965
|
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Description:
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3 Wannigans, 1
improvised shelter, food and fuel unknown
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Plateau Station
| Position: |
79°15'S,
40°30'E |
| Dates of Operation: |
December 1965 January 1969 |
| Description: |
Main building 21m x 7.6m van; emergency
station separated from main building consists of 9m x 2.4m van
attached to a 4.8m x 8m Jamesway; 3 4.8m x 8.5m' and 1 4.8m
x 4.8m Jamesway huts with limited supply of DFA and mogas
available; however, access may be difficult owing to snow
cover; 100 man/months of food plus cooking utensils. |
Camp Ohio II
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Position:
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86°S,
127°W,
near crashed R4D aircraft
|
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Dates
of Operation:
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November 1962
January 1965
|
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Description:
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4.8m x 7.3m
Jamesway, 4 drums fuel, 2 man/months food plus cooking
utensils |
Roosevelt Island Hut
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Position:
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80°11'S,
161°39'W
|
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Dates
of Operation:
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1969
|
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Description:
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Provisions for
25. No radio
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Hallett Station
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Position:
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72°19'S,
170°13'E
|
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Dates
of Operation:
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January 1957
February 1973
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Description:
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4 buildings
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Brockton Station
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Position:
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80°01'S,
178°02'W
|
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Dates
of Operation:
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October 1965
February 1972
|
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Description:
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4 buildings,
14 drums fuel, and 4,164 liters bulk fuel
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Marie Byrd Land Camp
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Position:
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75°45'S,
135°W
|
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Dates
of Operation:
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October
December 1977
|
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Description:
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5 Jamesway
huts, bulk DFA, food
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Ellsworth Mountains Camp
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Position:
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79°07'S,
85°39'W
|
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Dates
of Operation:
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November 1979
January 1980
|
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Description:
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1 Jamesway hut
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McGregor Glacier Hut
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Position:
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85°08'S,
174°50'E
|
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Dates
of Operation:
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1982 83
season
|
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Description:
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Camp buried
under snow. No
radio
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Dome C Camp
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Position:
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74°39'S,
124°10'E
|
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Dates
of Operation:
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Camp active
summer seasons through 1981/82.
Last visited Jan. 1996 |
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Description:
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8 Jamesway huts, 3,785 liters POL, and
2,722 kg. food |
Beardmore South Camp
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Position:
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85°2'S,
164°15'E
|
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Dates
of Operation:
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October 1984
February 1986
|
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Description:
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Wooden module
buried under snow, mogas, some JP8 available. |
Siple Station
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Position:
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75°56'S,
84°15'W
|
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Dates
of Operation:
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January 1979 -
February 1988
|
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Description:
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An unsafe enclosed area under-the-snow,
and Jamesway huts on the surface. |
Upstream Bravo
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Position:
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83°29'S,
138°06'W
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Dates
of Operation:
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February 1994
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Description:
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All structures
buried.
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