Information Exchange Under
Articles III and VII(5) of the
ANTARCTIC TREATY
United States Antarctic Activities
Activities Planned for 2006-2007
Appendix I
Appendix I Appendix I of the Activities Planned for 2006-2007 lists the Initial Environmental Evaluation/Environmental Assessments from October 1, 2005 - September 30, 2006 1. Mechanics of Dry-Land Calving of Ice Cliffs: Science Investigation at Taylor Glacier
Terminus and Associated Camping in Blood Falls Vicinity [MCDV0600.R01] signed 13
October 2005
2. Development and Use of Alternative Overland Traverse Route System from McMurdo
Station to Black Island [MCBI0600.IEE] signed 13 October 2005
3. McMurdo Sound Site Survey [MCMS0601.IEE] signed 19 October 2005
4. Tracer Experiments in the Lost Seal and Von Guerard Streams, and Lake Bonney and Lake
Joyce Shore Sediments [MCDV0600.R02] signed 20 October 2005
5. Testing of an Ultrasonic Gopher and Use of Conventional Drilling Techniques for Sampling
Underlying Brine, Lake Vida, McMurdo Dry Valleys [MCDV0601.IEE] signed 21
November 2005
6. Lake Sampling in the Dry Valleys [MCDV0600.R03] signed 20 October 2005
7. Secondary Containment at Marble Point Refueling Station [MCMP0600.R01] signed 14
December 2005
8. Adoption of Contingency Plan for Fuel Offload Over Sea Ice at McMurdo Station
[MCST0601.IEE] signed 12 January 2006
9. Replacement of Boat Mooring Pins in the Palmer Area [PLFC9900.R02.AM1] signed 24
February 2006
10. McMurdo Station’s D-2 Tank Flexible Hose and Pump House Replacement
[MCST0600.R01] signed April 4, 2006
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Arlington, Virginia 22230
October 1, 2006
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Information Exchange Under
Articles III and VII(5) of the
ANTARCTIC TREATY
United States Antarctic Activities
Activities Planned for 2006-2007
Appendix I
11. Installation of a Small Footbridge and Surface Improvement Along Shoreline, Palmer
Station [PLST0601.R01] signed April 10, 2006
12. Battery Removal from Lake Vida Ice Cover [MCDV0700.R01] signed May 5, 2006
13. Humble Island Remote Data Retrieval System (RDRS) Replacement [PLFC0700.R01] signed
June 28, 2006
14. Installation of a Temporary Core-Splitting Facility [MCST0600.R02] signed August 8, 2006
15. Paleomagnetic Core Samples from Mt. Erebus Volcanic Province [MCDV0700.R02] signed
September 19, 2006
16. Core Samples Collected in a Geological Study of the Dufek Complex [PGAN0700.R01]
signed September 19, 2006
17. Continued Use of the South Pole Meteor Radar [SPDS0700.R01] signed September 25, 2006
18. Continued Use of Explosives to Support Operations and Scientific Research in Antarctica
[PGAN9601.AM2] signed September 27, 2006
19. Geophysical Survey of the Seafloor Near Cape Adare, Antarctica [PGAN0701.IEE] signed
September 27, 2006
20. Dry Valley Drilling Project Borehole #6 Environmental Remediation – Lake Vida, McMurdo
Dry Valleys, Antarctica [MCDV0701.IEE] signed September 27, 2006
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Arlington, Virginia 22230
October 1, 2006
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