SOUTH 
INDIA N 
OCEAN 
SOUTH PAiyiFIC 
OCEAN 
CONN/ERG^'^^^ 
100 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 
&MACQUARIE 
ISLAND 
ANTARCTIC ACTIVITIES 
1962 - 63 
United States Antarctic Research Program 
National Science Foundation 
90 
LEGEND 
U.S., U.S, Cooperative or Exchange Station 
Foreign Stations 
Aerial Photography for Mapping 
Geodetic Control — Topo East and West 
Topographic Map Compilation 
Geological Studies 
Ice Movement Studies 
Pole Traverse 
. Completed 
Planned 
Shipboard Research 
U. S. Navy Icebreakers 
Roosevelt Island Giaciological Study 
Plunkett Point Investigations 
Palmer Peninsula Site Study 
STATION DESCRIPTION 
BYRD 
EIGHTS 
ELLSWORTH 
HALLETT 
McMURDO 
POLE 
WILKES 
(ARGENTINA- 
(U.S.-NEW 
(AUSTRALIA- 
U. S.) 
ZEALAND) 
U.S.) 
LAT. 
LAT. 
lat! 
LAT. 
LAT. 
LAT. 
LAT. 
LOCATION 
79° 59' S 
78° 18' 5 
77° 43' S 
72° 18' S 
77° 51 ' S 
90° S 
66° 15' S 
LONG. 
LONG. 
LONG. 
LONG. 
LONG. 
LONG. 
LONG. 
120°0rW 
780 w 
41° 08' W 
170° 18' E 
166° 37' E 
— 
110° 31' E 
FEET ABOVE 
SEA LEVEL 
4,971 
1,500 
131 
16 
102 
9,184 
30 
ESTABLISHED 
1957 
1962 
1957 
1957 
1956 
1957 
1957 
TERRAIN 
ON IN- 
ON IN- 
ON SHELF 
ON GLACI- 
ON VOL- 
ON IN- 
ON ROCKY 
LAND ICE 
LAND ICE 
ICE 
AL MORAINE 
CAN 1C ASH 
LAND ICE 
HEADLAND 
METHOD OF 
SUPPLY 
AIR 
AIR 
SEA 
AIR 
SEA 
AIR 
SEA 
AIR 
SEA 
NUMBER OF 
BUILDINGS 
15 
12 
17 
11 
70 
11 
10 
(Ai 
r 1 ransportabie) 
MEAN ANNUAL 
TEMPERATURE (°F) 
-18.6 
-12.6 
(estimated) 
-8.5 
-4.2 
+ 0.1 
-56.7 
• 16.9 
MEAN TEMP.(°F) 
DEC., JAN. , FEB. 
+ 1.6 
+ 11.2 
(Jan Feb) 
-14.4 
-28.2 
-21.6 
-25.2 
+ 28.9 
APPROXIMATE 
WINTER 
PERSONNEL 
(SCIENTISTS) 
11 
5 
13 
6 
8 
10 
20 
(NAVY) 
19 
6 
13 
12 
185 
11 
AIR DISTANCE 
FROM McMURDO 
(STATUTE MILES) 
885 
1,525 
1,580 
380 
820 
1,330 
STATUTE MILES 
