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'''Cape Waite''' is a cape at the northwest extremity of [[King Peninsula]], marking the southwest side of the entrance to [[Peacock Sound]]. Delineated from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy Operation Highjump]] in December 1946. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[Amory H. Waite]], member of the [[Byrd Antarctic Expedition]], 1933–35, and communications specialist on the Atka voyage of 1955 and the [[U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition]] of 1959–60. Waite was investigating the high number of aircraft crashes in Antarctica when he discovered that certain [[radar]] frequencies were not reflected from the surface of the ice, they [[Ground-penetrating radar|penetrated]] through to the land surface below giving false [[altimeter]] readings. This discovery both made flight much safer and started the use of [[radioglaciology]] to survey the [[topography]] of the land surface beneath the ice.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b016fpyy/The_Secret_Life_of_Ice/ [[BBC]] BBC Four, 8:00PM Thu, 27 Oct 2011, ''[[The Secret Life of Ice]]'' by Doctor Gabrielle Walker]</ref> |
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