Information Exchange Under
Articles III and VII(5) of the
ANTARCTIC TREATY
United States Antarctic Activities
Modifications of Activities Planned for 2004-2005
II. Expedition Dates
II. Expedition Dates Section II of the Modifications of Activities Planned for 2004-2005
lists the actual dates of significant events occurring during this time
period.
Significant Dates of Expeditions
Date
15 Apr 04
16 Apr 04
14 May 04
17 May 04
30 May 04
12 Jun 04
30 Jun 04
22 Jul 04
27 Jul 04
19 Aug 04
03 Aug 04
20 Aug 04
30 Aug 04
28 Sep 04
04 Oct 04
05 Oct 04
07 Oct 04
09 Oct 04
12 Oct 04
12 Oct 04
13 Oct 04
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Activity
NBP04-03
LMG04-04
LMG04-05
NBP04-04
LMG04-06
LMG04-07
LMG04-08
NBP04-05
NBP04-06
LMG04-10
Palmer Station annual relief
Winfly Begins
NBP04-06AA
LMG04-11
NBP04-07
First C-17 mission to McMurdo Station during Ice Runway period
McMurdo Station commenced summer operations (1 of 21)
Marble Point opens
First C-141 mission of the season to McMurdo Station (1 of 14)
NBP04-08
New Harbor opens
Cape Crozier Camp opens
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ANTARCTIC TREATY
Date
14 Oct 04
14 Oct 04
16 Oct 04
17 Oct 04
17 Oct 04
21 Oct 04
United States Antarctic Activities
Modifications of Activities Planned for 2004-2005
II. Expedition Dates
21 Oct 04
21 Oct 04
21 Oct 04
Activity
Black Island opens
Lake Fryxell Camp opens
Lake Hoare Camp opens
LMG04-12
F6 Camp opens
Four (4)) 109th AW LC-130’s arrive McMurdo Station to start
on-continent missions
Lake Bonney Camp opens
Odell Glacier Camp opens
Copacabana Field Station opens
23 Oct 04
25 Oct 04
27 Oct 04
28 Oct 04
6 Nov 04
10 Nov 04
South Pole Station begins summer operations
One additional LC-130 aircraft arrive McMurdo Station
Siple Dome Camp opens
Byrd Camp opens
LMG04-13A
Cape Shirreff Field Station opens
12 Nov 04
13 Nov 04
16 Nov 04
16 Nov 04
Petermann Island Field Camp opens
Cape Royds Camp opens
Lower Erebus Hut camp opens
C-130 flights to McMurdo Station, operated by the Royal New Zealand
Air Force, commenced (1 of 11)
Pine Island Camp opens
Thwaites Glacier Camp opens
LMG04-14
Transfer flight operations from Sea Ice Runway to Williams field
Skiway and Pegasus Blue Ice Runway
Beardmore Camp opens
NBP04-09
LMG05-01
First C-141 mission to McMurdo Station (1 of 12)
Beardmore Glacier camp closes
Refueling Tanker USNS Paul Buck arrives at McMurdo
NBP05-01
Cape Royds Camp closes
18 Nov 04
19 Nov 04
23 Nov 04
11 Dec 04
15 Dec 04
17 Dec 04
29 Dec 04
11 Jan 05
24 Jan 05
25 Jan 05
27 Jan 05
27 Jan 05
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Information Exchange Under
Articles III and VII(5) of the
ANTARCTIC TREATY
Date
27 Jan 05
29 Jan 05
31 Jan 05
31 Jan 05
02 Feb 05
03 Feb 05
03 Feb 05
05 Feb 05
06 Feb 05
07 Feb 05
07 Feb 05
08 Feb 05
09 Feb 05
09 Feb 05
10 Feb 05
11 Feb 05
11 Feb 05
15 Feb 05
16 Feb 05
17 Feb 05
22 Feb 05
24 Feb 05
11 Mar 05
12 Mar 05
15 Mar 05
United States Antarctic Activities
Modifications of Activities Planned for 2004-2005
II. Expedition Dates
Activity
Pine Island Camp closes
Lower Erebus Hut Camp closes
F6 Camp closes
Lake Fryxell Camp closes
Cape Crozier Camp closes
M/V American Tern arrives at McMurdo Station ice pier, cargo
offload operation commence
Lake Bonney Camp closes
Lake Hoare Camp closes
Siple Dome Camp closes
Odell Glacier camp closes
New Harbor camp closes
Byrd camp closes
M/V American Tern Departs McMurdo Station ice pier, cargo
operations completed
Thwaites Glacier Camp closes
Marble Point closes
LMG05-02
Black Island closes
Winter operations commence at South Pole Station
Petermann Island Field Camp closes
109th AW departs McMurdo Station
Winter operations commence at McMurdo Station
NBP05-02
Cape Shirreff Field Station closes
Copacabana Field Station closes
LMG05-03
Note: LMG = R/V Laurence M. Gould
NBP = R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer
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