BEIJING,
Jan. 18 2005, (Xinhuanet) -- A 12-man Chinese expedition surmounted the highest icecap peak in Antarctica at 3:1 6 a.m. Tuesday.
They are the first humans to reach the peak of Dome A Icecap 4,039 meters above sea
level, located at 80:22:00 degrees south latitude and 77:21:11 degrees east
longitude.
Scientific Papers
at JACARA site (Joint Australian Centre for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica), and some other
related papers from the University of Chicago
site characterization.
A database ia available at
INACH the "Instituto Antartico Chileno".
More
links at the Italian PNRA site.
2.44m resolution Quickbird satellite images of
McMurdo base (detail).
Bibliography Updates:
- Marks, R.D., Vernin, J., Azouit, M., Manigault, J.F. & Clevelin, C.,
Measurements of optical seeing on the high Antarctic plateau ,
1999. Ast. Ap. Suppl. Ser., 134, 161-172. Paper (240K) - L. Valenziano and G. Dall'Oglio; Millimeter Astronomy from
the High Antartic Plateau: Site Testing at Dome C; Publ. Astron. Soc. Aust. 1999,16,167-74.