Pegasus blue ice runway

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A New Zealand P-3K Orion, testing Pegasus as a possible base for Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources patrols, January 2006

The Pegasus blue ice runway is the farthest and least-used of McMurdo Station's three frozen airstrips. Named after the wrecked C-121J Lockheed Constellation "Pegasus".

Located some 27 km from McMurdo Station at 166°35' E in latitude 78° S where the transition between snow accumulation and ablation, this runway is used when Williams Field and the sea ice runway are not operational.

[edit] References

• http://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/history/pegasus.txt
• http://www.vaq34.com/vxe6/c121.htm
• http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/stis1990/opp93009/opp93009.txt
• http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=AY00001
• http://gc.kls2.com/airport/NZPG

[edit] External Links

• Runway Project Clears the Way for Improved Antarctic Airlift, National Science Foundaton. February 20, 2002.

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