Eights Station
Antarctic camp
Location of Little Rockford Station in Antarctica
Location of Little Rockford Station in Antarctica
Eights Station
Location of Little Rockford Station in Antarctica
Coordinates: 75°08′S 77°06′W / 75.14°S 77.10°W / -75.14; -77.10
Country United States
Location in AntarcticaEllsworth Land
Antarctica
EstablishedJanuary 1963 (1963-01)
ClosedNovember 1965 (1965-11)

Eights Station was an Antarctic permanent exploration base from January 1963 to November 1965,[1] located on Ellsworth Land[2] about 1100 km from Byrd Station and 2400 km from McMurdo Station.[3] The station consisted of 11 prefabricated buildings that were brought in via planes[4] and located on the site of the former "Sky-Hi" airlift project temporary scientific camp.[5] 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[3] and included observations on meteorology, the ionosphere, geomagnetism, and aurora[6] and radio waves.[7][8] At its peak, Eights Station hosted 27 personnel,[1] including individuals from the U.S. Antarctic Research Program Summer Party.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hearing before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law of the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives (PDF) (Report). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1977. p. 121. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  2. ↑ Antarctica Report - 1965 (PDF) (Report). U.S. Government Printing Office. 1965. p. 107. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  3. 1 2 Dubrovin, L.I.; Petrov, V.N. (1971). Scientific Stations in Antarctica 1882-1963 [Nauchnye Stanstii V Antarktike 1882-1963] (PDF). Gidrometeorologicheskoe Izdatel'stvo. New Delhi: Indian National Scientific Documentation Center. pp. 327–329.
  4. 1 2 Bulletin of the U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer (PDF) (Report). Vol. 4. December 1962. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  5. ↑ Quartermain, L.B., ed. (September 1962). "Deep Freeze 63 Plans Early Start" (PDF). Antarctic: A News Bulletin. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Antarctic Society. 3 (3): 117. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  6. ↑ Reedy, Rear Admiral James R. (November 1963). Bulletin of the U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer (PDF) (Report). Vol. 5. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  7. ↑ Simons, Howard (December 1965). "Antarctic Tests Hint of Gaines to Come in World Communications, Food Supply" (PDF). The Polar Times. 61: 7.
  8. ↑ Singh, Kalpana; Singh, R.P.; Ferencz, Orsolya E. (2004). "Simulation of whistler mode propagation for low latitude stations" (PDF). Earth, Planets and Space. 56 (10): 979–987. Bibcode:2004EP&S...56..979S. doi:10.1186/BF03351795. S2CID 54633330.
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