Eights Station

Eights Station
Antarctic research station
Eights Station is located in Antarctica
Eights Station
Eights Station
Location in Antarctica
Coordinates: 75°14′00″S 77°10′00″W / 75.2333°S 77.1667°W / -75.2333; -77.1667[1]
RegionEllsworth Land
EstablishedJanuary 1963 (1963-01)
ClosedNovember 1965 (1965-11)
Named forJames Eights
Government
 • TypeAdministration
 • BodyNSF, United States
Active timesAll year-round

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[4] and included observations on meteorology, the ionosphere, geomagnetism, and aurora[7] and radio waves.[8][9] At its peak, Eights Station hosted 27 personnel,[2] including individuals from the U.S. Antarctic Research Program Summer Party.[5]

  1. ^ "Eights /USA/". SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ Antarctica Report - 1965 (PDF) (Report). U.S. Government Printing Office. 1965. p. 107. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ a b Bulletin of the U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer (PDF) (Report). Vol. 4. December 1962. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  6. ^ Quartermain, L.B., ed. (September 1962). "Deep Freeze 63 Plans Early Start" (PDF). Antarctic: A News Bulletin. 3 (3). Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Antarctic Society: 117. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  7. ^ Reedy, Rear Admiral James R. (November 1963). Bulletin of the U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer (PDF) (Report). Vol. 5. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  8. ^ Simons, Howard (December 1965). "Antarctic Tests Hint of Gaines to Come in World Communications, Food Supply" (PDF). The Polar Times. 61: 7.
  9. ^ 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.