Ice Caps - Ice Caps of Antarctica, Vatnajkull, Dome C, Dome A, Dome F, Devon Ice Cap, Barnes Ice Cap, Penny Ice Cap, Titan Dome, Law Dome (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ice Caps of Antarctica, Vatnajkull, Dome C, Dome A, Dome F, Devon Ice Cap, Barnes Ice Cap, Penny Ice Cap, Titan Dome, Law Dome, Szielasko Ice Cap, Agassiz Ice Cap, Anderson Dome, Bonnabeau Dome, Siege Dome, Arctowski Dome. Excerpt: Dome C, also known as Dome Circe or Dome Charlie, located at Antarctica at an altitude of 3,233 m or 10,607 ft above sea level, is one of several summits or "domes" of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Dome C is located on the Antarctic Plateau, 1,100 km inland from the French research station at Dumont D'Urville, 1,100 km inland from the Australian Casey Station and 1,200 km inland from the Italian Zucchelli station at Terra Nova Bay. Russia's Vostok Station is 560 km away. Dome C is the site of the Concordia Research Station, jointly operated by France and Italy. In the 1970s, Dome C was the site of ice core drilling by field teams of several nations. It was called Dome Charlie (NATO Phonetic Alphabet code for the letter eby the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, and its Squadron VXE-6, which provided logistical support to the field teams. In January and November 1975, three Li130 Hercules aircraft suffered severe damage during attempted takeoffs from Dome Charlie. In November 1975 and November 1976, the U.S. Navy established field camps on Dome Charlie to recover the aircraft. Following major structural repairs and replacement of engines in the field, the three Li130's were flown to McMurdo Station on December 26, 1975, January 14, 1976, and December 25, 1976. From November 1977 to March 1978 a French party of 13 settled down in the existing camp left by the aircraft rescuers. They brought several tons of equipmentthanks to the VXE-6 airplanesand achieved the planned ice-coring campaign down to 980 m bringing to... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=990702