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2003-2004 USAP
Field Season
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Artists & Writers
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Mr. Guy Guthridge
Program Manager
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W-224-M
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NSF/OPP
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Station:
McMurdo Station
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RPSC POC:
Elaine Hood
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Research Site(s):
Ross Island, Wright Valley, Taylor Valley, Mount Erebus, Royal Society Range, McMurdo Station
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Dates in Antarctica:
Late August to late February
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Field guide to antarctic features: McMurdo Sound region
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Field Guide to Antarctic Features: McMurdo Sound Region
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Deploying Team Members:
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Ann Hawthorne
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Research Objectives:
This project will observe and photograph named geographic features for a historical gazetteer of the McMurdo region. Photographer Ann Hawthorne, historian-geographer Larry Conrad, and a mountaineer will travel on the surface to photograph as many as 1,500 features in the area from Ross Island to the polar plateau and from the Nordenskjold Ice Tongue to the Koettlitz Névé.
The team will locate the positions of photographs taken on the area’s initial exploration by Scott and Shackleton and take new photographs from the same positions. The gazetteer will be published in print and digitally.
Two team members and a mountaineer will travel via ski-doo through historical land areas in Victoria Land and then by foot through the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Twenty hours of dedicated helicopter support is required for laying caches and team member relocations.
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