Eights Station Explained
Eights Station |
Settlement Type: | Antarctic research station |
Pushpin Map: | Antarctica |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Antarctica |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Subdivision Type: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Ellsworth Land |
Subdivision Type1: | Location |
Established Title: | Established |
Extinct Title: | Closed |
Named For: | James Eights |
Government Type: | Administration |
Governing Body: | NSF, United States |
Population Blank1 Title: | Summer |
Population Blank2 Title: | Winter |
Blank Name Sec1: | Active times |
Blank Info Sec1: | All year-round |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Activities |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Facilities |
Eights Station was an Antarctic permanent exploration base from January 1963 to November 1965,[2] located on Ellsworth Land[3] about 1100 km from Byrd Station and 2400 km from McMurdo Station.[4] The station consisted of 11 prefabricated buildings that were brought in via planes[5] and located on the site of the former "Sky-Hi" airlift project temporary scientific camp.[6] The station was named for James Eights who was the first American Naturalist who visited Antarctica at the beginning of the 19th Century. The station was initially supported by 6 scientists and 5 Armed Forces attendants and included observations on meteorology, the ionosphere, geomagnetism, and aurora[7] and radio waves.[8] [9] At its peak, Eights Station hosted 27 personnel, including individuals from the U.S. Antarctic Research Program Summer Party.
See also
- List of Antarctic research stations
Notes and References
- Web site: Eights /USA/ . SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica . Australian Antarctic Data Centre . 4 March 2024.
- Hearing before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law of the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives . 1977 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 16 . Washington, D.C. . 1977 . 121 . en. 2021-05-28.
- Antarctica Report - 1965 . 1965 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 6 . 1965 . 107 . en. 2021-05-28.
- Book: Dubrovin . L.I. . Scientific Stations in Antarctica 1882-1963 . Petrov . V.N. . Indian National Scientific Documentation Center . Gidrometeorologicheskoe Izdatel'stvo . 1971 . New Delhi . 327–329 . en. Nauchnye Stanstii V Antarktike 1882-1963 .
- Bulletin of the U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer . December 1962 . 3 . 4 . 2021-05-28.
- September 1962 . Quartermain . L.B. . Deep Freeze 63 Plans Early Start . Antarctic: A News Bulletin . en. Wellington, New Zealand . . September 1962 . 3 . 3 . 117 . 2021-05-28.
- Bulletin of the U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer . Reedy . Rear Admiral James R. . November 1963 . 3 . 5 . 2021-05-28.
- Simons . Howard . December 1965 . [ftp://ftp.library.noaa.gov/docs.lib/htdocs/rescue/journals/polar_times/G575P631965no61.pdf Antarctic Tests Hint of Gaines to Come in World Communications, Food Supply ]. The Polar Times . 61 . 7.
- Singh . Kalpana . Singh . R.P. . Ferencz . Orsolya E. . 2004 . Simulation of whistler mode propagation for low latitude stations . Earth, Planets and Space . 56 . 10 . 979–987. 10.1186/BF03351795 . 2004EP&S...56..979S . 54633330 . free .