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Tunnel and Underground Space (터널과지하공간)
- Volume 13 Issue 1
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- Pages.1-5
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- 2003
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- 1225-1275(pISSN)
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- 2287-1748(eISSN)
Snow Tunnelling Project at the South Pole
남극 극지점 기지에서의 얼음 터널 프로젝트
Abstract
The United States Antarctic program (USAP) through its principal Support Contractor Raytheon polar Services Co. (RPSC), has recently finished a 3 years projects, almost 936m length of underground utility tunnels at Amundsen-Scott station. It accommodates the piping that conveys fresh water from current well sites, as well as waste water to repositories in abandoned wells. The under snow tunnels allow year-round access for system operations and maintenance.
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