Historical Connections Mawsons Huts Foundation
The Mawson's Huts Foundation has been established to conserve in perpetuity for the Australian people the unique historical buildings known as Mawson's Huts, base of one of the most significant expeditions in Antarctic history. - top - Antarctic Airlink Developments How do you build an Antarctic runway ? - 8 February 2006
How do you build a runway in Antarctica, many kilometres from the nearest station, with construction materials of ice and snow?
AAD staff are exercising their ingenuity and expertise to construct a blue ice runway topped with a snow pavement high on the inland plateau, 75 km from Casey. - top - |