Information Exchange Under
Articles III and VII(5) of the
ANTARCTIC TREATY
United States Antarctic Activities
Activities Planned for 2002- 2003
III. Stations
III. Stations
Section III of the 2002-2003 season plans lists the
names, locations, and 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
77° 55'S Latitude
166° 39'E Longitude
Annual Relief:
01 October 2002
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
Location:
90° 00'S Latitude
Annual Relief:
23 October 2002
Palmer Station
Location:
Anvers Island near Bonaparte Point
64° 46'S Latitude
64° 05'W Longitude
Annual Relief:
National Science Foundation
Arlington, Virginia 22230
November 30, 2002
29 September 2002
7
Information Exchange Under
Articles III and VII(5) of the
ANTARCTIC TREATY
United States Antarctic Activities
Activities Planned for 2002- 2003
III. Stations
Austral Summer Camps
Siple Dome Camp
Location:
81° 39'S Latitude
149° 04'W Longitude
Open:
23 October 2002
Close:
31 January 2003
Byrd Camp
Location:
80° 05'S Latitude
119° 32'W Longitude
Open:
03 November 2002
Close:
20 January 2003 (approximate)
Onset D Camp
Location:
80° 75' S Latitude
125° 75' W Longitude
Open:
23 November 2002
Close:
06 January 2003
Tamesis Camp
Location:
81° 69' S Latitude
122° 44' E Longitude
Open:
11 November 2002
Close:
09 December 2002
National Science Foundation
Arlington, Virginia 22230
November 30, 2002
8
Information Exchange Under
Articles III and VII(5) of the
ANTARCTIC TREATY
United States Antarctic Activities
Activities Planned for 2002- 2003
III. Stations
Odell Glacier
Location:
76° 37’S Latitude
160° 03’E Longitude
Open:
01 November 2002
Close:
10 February 2003
Copacabana, King George Island
Location:
62° 10'S Latitude
58° 28'W Longitude
Open:
15 October 2002
Close:
28 February 2002
Cape Shirreff Field Station, Livingston Island
Location:
62° 28'S Latitude
60° 47'W Longitude
Open:
07 November 2002
Close:
01 March 2003
National Science Foundation
Arlington, Virginia 22230
November 30, 2002
9