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ANTARCTIC TREATY
United States Antarctic Activities
Modifications of Activities Planned for 2008-2009
III. Stations
III. Stations Section III of the Modifications of Activities Planned for 2008-2009
lists the names, locations, and actual opening dates of the Party's bases
and subsidiary stations established in the Antarctic Treaty Area, and
whether they are for summer and/or winter operations.
Year Round Stations
McMurdo Station
Location: Hut Point Peninsula on Ross Island in McMurdo Sound
77o 55'S Latitude
166o 39'E Longitude
WINFLY:
04 September 2008
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
Location:
90o 00'S Latitude Annual Relief:
26 October 2008 Palmer Station
Location: Anvers Island near Bonaparte Point 64o 46'S Latitude 64o 05'W Longitude Annual Relief: National Science Foundation
Arlington, Virginia 22230
October 1, 2009
18 September 2008
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Modifications of Activities Planned for 2008-2009
III. Stations
Austral Summer Camps
Siple Dome Camp
Location:
81°39.600' S Latitude
149°01.200' E Longitude
Open:
30 October 2008
Close:
07 February 2009
WAIS Divide Field Camp
Location:
79°28.488’ S Latitude
112° 04.518’ W Longitude
Open:
01 November 2008
Close:
07 February 2009
AGAP South Camp
Location:
84° 30.000’ S Latitude
77° 20.999’ E Longitude
Open:
21 November 2008
Close:
23 January 2009
Odell Glacier Camp
Location:
76° 39.599’ S Latitude
159° 56.999’ E Longitude
Open:
21 November 2008
Close:
26 November 2008 (Camp decommissioned)
National Science Foundation
Arlington, Virginia 22230
October 1, 2009
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III. Stations
Lake Bonney Camp
Location:
77° 43.476’ S Latitude
162° 18.912’ E Longitude
Open:
10 November 2008
Close:
05 February 2009
Lake Hoare Camp
Location:
77° 37.428’ S Latitude
162° 54.318’ E Longitude
Open:
18 October 2008
Close:
06 February 2009
Lake Fryxell Camp
Location:
77° 36.378’ S Latitude
163° 07.428’ E Longitude
Open:
03 November 2008
Close:
04 February 2009
F6 Camp
Location:
77° 36.510’ S Latitude
163° 15.299’ E Longitude
Open:
04 November 2008
Close:
04 February 2009
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III. Stations
New Harbor Camp
Location:
77° 34.680’ S Latitude
163° 31.272’ E Longitude
Open:
17 November 2008
Close:
03 February 2009
Marble Point Camp
Location:
77°25’S Latitude
163°41’S Longitude
Open:
10 October 2008
Close:
06 February 2009
Black Island Camp
Location:
78°08’S Latitude
166°09’E Longitude
Open:
11 October 2008
Close:
06 February 2009
Lower Erebus Hut Camp
Location:
77°30’S Latitude
167°10’E Longitude
Open:
14 November 2008
Close:
9 January 2009
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III. Stations
Cape Crozier Camp
Location:
77°30'S Latitude
169°40'E Longitude
Open:
21 October 2008
Close:
30 January 2009
Cape Royds Camp
Location:
77°33’S Latitude
166°08’E Longitude
Open:
12 November 2008
Close:
24 January 2009
Copacabana, King George Island
Location:
62° 10'S Latitude
58° 28'W Longitude
Open:
19 October 2008
Close:
11 March 2009
Cape Shirreff Field Station
Location:
62° 28'S Latitude
60° 47'W Longitude
Open:
24 October 2008
Close:
10 March 2009
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United States Antarctic Activities
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III. Stations
Livingston Island (MacPhee)
Location:
62° 25'S Latitude
60° 47'W Longitude
Open:
15 February 2009
Close:
18 February 2009
James Ross Island (Kirschvink)
Location:
63° 54'S Latitude
57° 50'W Longitude
Open:
16 February 2009
Close:
11 March 2009
WAIS Divide Field Camp
Location:
79° 46S Latitude
112°08W Longitude
Open:
01 October 2008
Close:
09 February 2009
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October 1, 2009
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