Chlorine, fluorine, and sulfur emissions from Mount Erebus, Antarctica and estimated contributions to the Antarctic atmosphere

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (18) ◽  
pp. 1959-1962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grazyna Zreda-Gostynska ◽  
Philip R. Kyle ◽  
David L. Finnegan
Keyword(s):  
Mount Erebus ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Sulfur Emissions

Volcanic gas emissions from Mount Erebus and their impact on the Antarctic environment

1997 ◽  
Vol 102 (B7) ◽  
pp. 15039-15055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grazyna Zreda-Gostynska ◽  
Philip R. Kyle ◽  
D. Finnegan ◽  
Kimberly Meeker Prestbo
Keyword(s):  
Volcanic Gas ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Mount Erebus ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Antarctic Environment

Airborne tourism in the Antarctic

Polar Record ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 29 (169) ◽  
pp. 103-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Swithinbank
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
South Shetland Islands ◽  
South Pole ◽  
The South ◽  
America South ◽  
Antarctic Treaty ◽  
Mount Erebus ◽  
Passenger Aircraft ◽  
The Antarctic

ABSTRACTThere are two classes of airborne tourism in Antarctica: overflights without landing, and fl ights including landing. The earliest overflight was in 1956, but there were no regular flights until 1977, when Qantas and Air New Zealand began overflights with wide-bodied aircraft. A crash on Mount Erebus in 1979 that killed 257 people drew attention to the absence of effective planning, air traffic control, and rescue services. Landings began in the South Shetland Islands in 1982, when C-130 aircraft of Fuerza Aerea de Chile brought passengers from Punta Arenas. Since 1983, tourists have been accommodated in a Chilean government hostel. Flights to the interior began in 1984 when climbers were taken to the Sentinel Range by ski-equipped aircraft. Unmodified transport aircraft have been used since 1987, making wheel landings on naturally occurring bare ice in the Heritage Range. Tourists were taken from this site to the South Pole in 1988 by smaller, ski-equipped aircraft. Owing to the lack of conventional airfields in Antarctica, the future of intercontinental operations may depend on the development of additional airfields on bare ice. There are many possible sites. Most are near the periphery of the continent but some are in high latitudes, one only 300 km from the South Pole. A few of these will allow direct flights of unmodified passenger aircraft from South America, South Africa, Australia, or New Zealand. The possibility of 300 day-trippers stepping onto the ice from a Boeing 747 raises a variety of safety and environmental concerns. The challenge to the Antarctic Treaty System will be to reconcile the interests of governments, scientists, airlines, tour operators, tourists, and environmentalists.

Spectral measurements of HCl in the plume of the Antarctic Volcano Mount Erebus

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (13) ◽  
pp. 2421-2424 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. G. Keys ◽  
S. W. Wood ◽  
N. B. Jones ◽  
F. J. Murcray
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Measurements ◽  
Mount Erebus ◽  
The Antarctic
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