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The position and images of the detonation of damaged explosives at Mawson Station, Antarctica
Entry ID:
Mawson_Explosives_2003
Summary
Abstract:
On the third of March 2003, between 1730 and 1800 hours local time, at Mawson Station Antarctica, some damaged explosives were deliberately detonated in order to safely dispose of them. The explosives were disposed of in three blasts, not four as was originally planned.
At the time of detonation, air temperature was -3 degrees celsius, and the wind was blowing at 9 knots. The explosives were detonated at the following location: 67.6385 S 62.8919 E Photos have been taken before and after detonation. A list of the photos is as follows: Before detonation of first blast Damage caused by all three blasts Preparing for second blast Preparing for first blast Preparing for first blast Smoke from 1st blast Smoke from 2nd blast Smoke from 3rd blast
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
2003-03-03
Stop Date:
2003-03-03
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Access Constraints
The images are available for download at the url given below.
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
HTTP
Distribution Size:
2371 kb
Distribution Format:
.jpg
Fees:
free
Personnel
Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Phone:
+61 3 6232 3244
Fax:
+61 3 6232 3351
Email:
dave.connell at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City:
Kingston
Province or State:
Tasmania
Postal Code:
7050
Country:
Australia
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2003-04-01
Last DIF Revision Date:
2008-04-10
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