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REVEAL: REmote Views and Exploration of Antarctic Lithosphere Workshop

REmote Views and Exploration of Antarctic Lithosphere Workshop: Tools for mapping the last continental frontier (REVEAL)

Denver, Colorado
August 5-8, 2002


WORKSHOP REPORT

Photo of Admiral Byrd's RD-4 [DC-3] airpolane, which was equipped with a magnetometer and was the platform for the first airborne geophysical surveys in Antarctica during 1946-1947.
Admiral Byrd's RD-4 (DC-3), was equipped with a magnetometer 
and was the platform for the first airborne geophysical surveys
in Antarctica, in 1946-1947 (during Operation High Jump).

Convener

Organizing Committee

Photo of Twin Otter airplane, which has been used since the 1990's for combined radar, laser, magnetometer and gravity surveys by the U.S. Antarctic program.

Twin Otter, used since the 1990's, for combined radar, laser, magnetometer and gravity surveys by the U.S. Antarctic program.

Photo of LC-130 airplane, which was used in the 1970's and 1980's for radar and magnetic surveys in Antarctica.
LC-130's were used in the 1970's and 1980's for radar (antennas shown) and magnetic surveys in Antarctica.

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