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Date Taken:

December 23, 2008

Photograph By:

TSgt Timothy Russer

License Type:

Public Domain

Williams Field Skiway is located on the Ross Ice Shelf, about seven miles from McMurdo Station. This airfield sits on approximately 25 feet of compacted snow, lying on top of 260 feet of ice, floating over 1,800 feet of water. Williams Field skiway is utilized by LC-130 and Twin Otter ski-equipped aircraft. It is named in honor of US Navy Seabee Richard Williams, who drowned when the D-8 Caterpillar tractor he was driving broke through the sea ice during ship off-load operations for Operation Deep Freeze 1, January 6, 1956.

Associated Keywords

109th Division, Aerial, Aircraft, Airfield, Airplane, Antarctica, Ice Shelf, NSF, Public Domain, Runway, Skiway, Williams Field

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