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Pegasus Field

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A New Zealand P-3K Orion, testing Pegasus as a possible base for Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources patrols, January 2006

The Pegasus blue ice runway is the farthest and least-used of McMurdo Station's three frozen airstrips. Named after the wrecked C-121J Lockheed Constellation "Pegasus".

Located some 27 km from McMurdo Station at 166°35' E in latitude 78° S where the transition between snow accumulation and ablation, this runway is used when Williams Field and the sea ice runway are not operational. [1] [2] [3] [4][5]

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