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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.
 
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Ackley, StephenExternal Non-U.S. government site O-270-N SIMBA drift station (sea ice mass balance in the antarctic)
Ainley, DavidExternal Non-U.S. government site B-031-M Geographic structure of Adelie penguin populations: Demography of population change
Albert, MaryExternal Non-U.S. government site I-155-M Norwegian-United States IPY Scientific Traverse: Climate variability and glaciology in East Antarctica
Amsler, CharlesExternal Non-U.S. government site B-022-P The chemical ecology of shallow water marine macroalgae and invertebrates on the Antarctic Peninsula
Baranowski, KimExternal Non-U.S. government site W-486-P Frozen field
Bieber, JohnExternal Non-U.S. government site A-120-M Solar and heliospheric studies with antarctic cosmic ray observations
Bindschadler, RobertExternal U.S. government site C-407-M IPY: Collaborative Research: Ocean-Ice Sheet Interaction in the Amundsen Sea: The Keystone of West Antarctic Stability
Blanchette, BobExternal Non-U.S. government site B-038-M Studies of antarctic fungi: Adaptive stratigies for survival and protecting Antarctica's historic structures
Carlstrom, JohnExternal Non-U.S. government site A-379-S South Pole observations to test cosmological models
Carlstrom, JohnExternal Non-U.S. government site A-370-S Science Coordination Office for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (SCOARA)
Catania, GinnyExternal Non-U.S. government site I-159-M Grounding line forensics: The history of grounding line retreat in the Kamb Ice Stream outlet region
Chereskin, TeriExternal Non-U.S. government site O-317-L Southern Ocean current observations from USAP research vessels
Chereskin, TeriExternal Non-U.S. government site O-313-N Collaborative research: Dynamics and transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in the Drake Passage
Church, SarahExternal Non-U.S. government site A-366-S Next generation CMB polarization measurements with the QUEST experiment on DASI
Dalziel, IanExternal Non-U.S. government site G-087-N Central Scotia Sea floor and the Drake Passage deep ocean current gateway
Dempsey, JohnExternal Non-U.S. government site O-316-M Physics and mechanics of the breakup of warm antarctic sea ice: In-situ experiments and modeling
Detrich, BillExternal Non-U.S. government site B-037-L/P Protein folding and function at cold temperature: Co-evolution of the chaperonin CCT and tubulins from antarctic fishes
Doran, PeterExternal Non-U.S. government site B-426-M Role of resource legacy on contemporary linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem processes in a cold desert ecosystem: The McMurdo Dry Valley LTER program
Ducklow, HughExternal Non-U.S. government site B-045-L/P Palmer Long Term Ecological Research (LTER): Climate migration, ecological response and teleconnections in an ice-dominated environment
Engebretson, MarkExternal Non-U.S. government site A-102-M/S Conjugate studies of ULF waves and magnetospheric dynamics using ground-based induction magnetometers at four high-latitude manned sites
Firing, EricExternal Non-U.S. government site O-315-N Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiling (ADCP) on R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer and ARSV Laurence M. Gould
Fountain, AndrewExternal Non-U.S. government site B-425-M Role of resource legacy on contemporary linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem processes in a cold desert ecosystem: The McMurdo Dry Valley LTER program
Fraser, BillExternal Non-U.S. government site B-013-L/P Palmer Long Term Ecological Research (LTER): Climate migration, ecological response and teleconnections in an ice-dominated environment (Seabird component)
Garrott, RobertExternal Non-U.S. government site B-009-M Interactions of environmental variability, life-history traits, and demography in an apex Antarctic predator
Gogineni, PrasadExternal Non-U.S. government site I-189-M Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)
Griffin, KenExternal U.S. government site T-927-M NASA/McMurdo Ground Station (MGS)
Haines-Stiles, GeoffExternal Non-U.S. government site Y-328-E/M/N/S POLAR-PALOOZA
Halzen, FrancisExternal Non-U.S. government site A-333-S IceCube operations and maintenance
Harvey, RalphExternal Non-U.S. government site G-058-M Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET)
Harwood, DavidExternal Non-U.S. government site G-049-M ANDRILL: Investigating Antarctica's role in Cenozoic global environmental change
Harwood, DavidExternal Non-U.S. government site G-091-M ANDRILL
Hernandez, GonzaloExternal Non-U.S. government site A-110-M/S Austral, high-latitude atmospheric dynamics
Hinkley , ToddExternal Non-U.S. government site I-478-M National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL)
Hofmann, DavidExternal U.S. government site O-257-S South Pole monitoring for climatic change
Hofmann, DavidExternal U.S. government site O-264-P Collection of atmospheric air for the NOAA/GMD worldwide flask sampling network
Horning, MarkusExternal Non-U.S. government site B-041-M Collaborative Research: Aging in Weddell Seals: Proximate mechanisms of age-related changes in adaptations to breath-hold hunting in an extreme environment.
Inan, UmranExternal Non-U.S. government site A-306-P ELF/VLF observation of lightning discharge, whistler-mode waves and electron precipitation at Palmer Station
Inan, UmranExternal Non-U.S. government site A-327-N ELF/VLF observation in the Southern Pacific Ocean
Johns, BjornExternal Non-U.S. government site T-295-M UNAVCO GPS survey support
Kannen, ChristopherExternal Non-U.S. government site W-488-M Parhelion pemmican pack-ice pancake: Antarctica compressed on canvas
Kemerait, RobertExternal U.S. government site G-078-M Dry Valley seismic project
Kennicutt, MahlonExternal Non-U.S. government site B-518-M Temporal variability in natural and anthropogenic disturbance of McMurdo Station
Kim, StacyExternal Non-U.S. government site B-174-M Development of a remotely operated vehicle for under-ice research in polar environments
Kyle, PhilipExternal Non-U.S. government site G-081-M Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory II (MEVO II): Surveillance, models, impacts and outreach
LaBelle, JamesExternal Non-U.S. government site A-128-S Direction-finding measurements of LF/MF/HF auroral radio emissions at South Pole
Lange, AndrewExternal Non-U.S. government site A-033-S BICEP1 third season continuation - A search for inflation with degree-scale polarimetry from the South Pole
Lazzara, MatthewExternal Non-U.S. government site O-283-M/S Collaborative research: Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Program (AWS), 2007-2010
Linder, ChrisExternal Non-U.S. government site Y-603-M IPY: Live from the Poles: A multimedia educational experience
Lyons, BerryExternal Non-U.S. government site B-420-M Role of resource legacy on contemporary linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem processes in a cold desert ecosystem: The McMurdo Dry Valley LTER program
Manahan, DonalExternal Non-U.S. government site B-301-M A graduate training program in Antarctica: Integrative biology and adaptation of antarctic marine organisms
Marsh, BruceExternal Non-U.S. government site G-056-M 3-D dynamics of the Ferrar Magmatic Mush Column, Dry Valleys
Martinson, DougExternal Non-U.S. government site B-021-L Palmer Long Term Ecological Research (LTER): Climate migration, ecological response and teleconnections in an ice-dominated environment
Mayewski, PaulExternal Non-U.S. government site I-153-M/S A Science Management Office for the United States Component of the International Trans Antarctic Expedition (US ITASE SMO): A collaborative program of research from Taylor Dome to South Pole
McKnight, DianeExternal Non-U.S. government site B-421-M Role of resource legacy on contemporary linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem processes in a cold desert ecosystem: The McMurdo Dry Valley LTER program
Mende, StephenExternal Non-U.S. government site A-104-S Antarctic auroral imaging
Mitchell, JohnExternal U.S. government site A-140-M Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer (BESS)
Moran, AmyExternal Non-U.S. government site B-004-M Collaborative Research: Effects of oxygen and temperature on egg mass function of Southern Ocean marine invertebrates
Murray, AlisonExternal Non-U.S. government site B-229-P Bacterioplankton genomic adaptations to Antarctic winter
Naveen, RonExternal Non-U.S. government site B-086-E Long-term data collection at select Antarctic Peninsula visitor sites
Nyblade, AndyExternal Non-U.S. government site G-055-M Collaborative Research: A broadband seismic experiment to image the lithosphere beneath the Gamburtsev Mountains, East Antarctica
Oftedal, OlavExternal Non-U.S. government site B-024-M Capital expenditure, lactation energetics, and the importance of foraging to Weddell seals and their pups
Ponganis, PaulExternal Non-U.S. government site B-197-M The aerobic dive limit: Oxygen transport and depletion in Emperor penguins
Prentice, MichaelExternal Non-U.S. government site I-133-M Fluctuations of the West Antarctic Ice-Sheet in relation to lake history in Taylor Valley since the Last Glacial Maximum
Priscu, JohnExternal Non-U.S. government site B-195-M Microbial diversity and function in the permanently ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys
Priscu, JohnExternal Non-U.S. government site B-422-M Role of resource legacy on contemporary linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem processes in a cold desert ecosystem: The McMurdo Dry Valley LTER program
Priscu, JohnExternal Non-U.S. government site B-234-M Collaborative Research: IPY- plankton dynamics in the McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes during the transition to polar night
Ross, RobinExternal Non-U.S. government site B-028-L/P Palmer Long Term Ecological Research (LTER): Climate migration, ecological response and teleconnections in an ice-dominated environment (Prey component)
Seo, Eun-SukExternal Non-U.S. government site A-137-M Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM)
Sivjee, GulamabasExternal Non-U.S. government site A-129-S Observation of upper-atmospheric energetics, dynamics, and long-term variations over South Pole Station
Sletten, RonaldExternal Non-U.S. government site G-121-M Ground ice dynamics in hyperarid soils of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Smith, RaymondExternal Non-U.S. government site B-032-L Palmer Long Term Ecological Research (LTER): Climate migration, ecological response and teleconnections in an ice-dominated environment (Bio-optical component)
Sprintall, JanetExternal Non-U.S. government site O-260-L The Drake Passage high-density XBT/XCTD Program
Stearns, CharlesExternal Non-U.S. government site O-202-M/P Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (AMRC)
Stepp, BillExternal U.S. government site A-145-M NASA Long Duration Ballooning (LDB)
Stock, JoannExternal Non-U.S. government site G-071-N Collection of marine geophysical data on transits of the Nathaniel B. Palmer
Szuberla, CurtExternal Non-U.S. government site T-396-M Operation and maintenance of a CTBT class infrasound array at Windless Bight
Taylor, KendrickExternal Non-U.S. government site I-477-M Investigation of climate, ice dynamics, and biology using a deep ice core from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Thompson, LindaExternal Non-U.S. government site A-138-M Wallops Flight Facility component of the CREAM balloon payload
Vernet, MariaExternal Non-U.S. government site B-016-L Palmer Long Term Ecological Research (LTER): Climate migration, ecological response and teleconnections in an ice-dominated environment (Phytoplankton component)
Virginia, RossExternal Non-U.S. government site B-423-M Role of resource legacy on contemporary linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem processes in a cold desert ecosystem: The McMurdo Dry Valley LTER program
Wall, DianaExternal Non-U.S. government site B-424-M Role of resource legacy on contemporary linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem processes in a cold desert ecosystem: The McMurdo Dry Valley LTER program
Weatherwax, Allan TExternal Non-U.S. government site A-111-M/S Study of the polar ionosphere and magnetosphere from Antarctic measurements
Wefel, JohnExternal Non-U.S. government site A-143-M Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter (ATIC)
Wilson, TerryExternal Non-U.S. government site G-079-M Collaborative Research, IPY POLENET-Antarctica: Investigating links between geodynamics and ice sheets
Zesta, EftyhiaExternal Non-U.S. government site A-357-M/P South American Meridional B-Field Array (SAMBA): An American-Chilean chain
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