A Science Management Office for the United States Component of the International Trans Antarctic Expedition (US ITASE SMO) - A Collaborative Program of Research from Taylor Dome to

该奖项支持科学管理办公室（SMO）的一系列合作科学提案，这些提案是美国对国际跨南极科学考察（US ITASE）的贡献的一部分。它支持科学管理和后勤协调所需的，以完成研究。 SMO将与南极支持承包商合作，协调横越平台的现场作业，以便美国ITASE能够在从北方维多利亚地的泰勒穹到南极（NVL-SP）的区域进行一系列科学横越，包括东南极高原的内部部分，如穹A。美国ITASE是地球上的极地考察船。它提供了传统的雪地旅行的地面机会，加上GPS导航，裂缝探测雷达，卫星通信和多学科研究的现代技术。通过作为地面运输系统运行，美国ITASE为科学家提供了体验他们正在研究的动态环境的机会。美国ITASE还提供了一个类似于海洋学研究船和大型极地考察营的刺激性互动研究场所，而没有前者的费用或后者缺乏流动性。更重要的是，以美国ITASE为代表的学科组合提供了一个独特的，后勤高效的，多维度的大气层，冰盖及其历史。 美国国际极地研究和空间应用科学协会及其国际合作伙伴收集的数据可供广大科学界使用，并将有助于实现即将到来的国际极地年（IPY）的许多目标。美国ITASE有一个广泛的公共宣传计划，并为许多学生提供了重要的机会，体验多学科的南极研究。

This award supports the science management office (SMO) for a series of collaborative science proposals that are part of the U.S. contribution to the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (US ITASE). It supports the science administration and the coordination of logistics needed in order to accomplish the research. The SMO will work with the Antarctic support contractor to coordinate field operations for the traverse platform so that US ITASE can undertake a series of scientific traverses in the region from Taylor Dome, in Northern Victoria Land to South Pole (NVL-SP) inclusive of interior portions of the East Antarctic plateau such as Dome A. US ITASE is the terrestrial equivalent of a polar research vessel. It offers the ground-based opportunities of traditional style over-snow travel coupled with the modern technology of GPS navigation, crevasse detecting radar, satellite communications, and multi-disciplinary research. By operating as a ground-based transport system US ITASE offers scientists the opportunity to experience the dynamic environment they are studying. US ITASE also provides a stimulating interactive venue for research similar to that afforded by oceanographic research vessels and large polar field camps, without the cost of the former or the lack of mobility of the latter. More importantly the combination of disciplines represented by US ITASE provides a unique, logistically efficient, multi-dimensional view of the atmosphere, the ice sheet and their histories. Data collected by US ITASE and its international partners is available to a broad scientific community and will contribute to many of the goals of the upcoming International Polar Year (IPY). US ITASE has an extensive program of public outreach and provides significant opportunities for many students to experience multidisciplinary Antarctic research.