The USAP Portal: Science and Support in Antarctica - 2006-2007 Science Planning Summary

A U.S. Navy R4D airplane en route to the South Pole in 1957. Photo by Cmdr Jim Waldron, USNR (Retired), courtesy of the Antarctic Photo Library. The civil version of this old Navy workhorse was the DC-3. The current USAP fleet operated by Kenn Borek Air includes a Basler, a DC-3 airframe updated and enhanced for modern polar service.

Event Numbering System

All projects are identified by a unique event number. It comprises a prefix, a three-digit number, and a suffix.

Prefix

The prefix is a letter that indicates the USAP program funding a project.

Prefix	USAP Program (link to index)
A	Aeronomy & Astrophysics
B	Organisms and Ecosystems
G	Earth Sciences
I	Glaciology
O	Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
W	Artists and Writers
Y	International Polar Year (IPY) Education and Outreach
C	Integrated and System Sciences

Three-Digit Number

List Projects By Event Number

The three-digit number provides the uniqueness for each event number. No two projects have the same number.

Suffix

The suffix represents the supporting station. If field work takes place at more than one location the event number carries more than one suffix separated by a slash.

Suffix	Supporting Station (link to index)
M	McMurdo Station
P	Palmer Station
S	South Pole Station
L	ARSV Laurence M. Gould
N	RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer
E	Special projects supported by the USAP. Examples include investigators working with other national Antarctic programs, and groups working on islands in the peninsula.