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）的一系列合作科学建议，这些建议是美国对国际跨南极科学考察（US ITASE）的贡献的一部分。它为完成研究所需的科学管理和后勤协调提供支持。SMO将与南极支持承包商合作，协调穿越平台的现场操作，以便美国ITASE可以在从维多利亚北部的泰勒多默到南极（NVL-SP）的地区进行一系列科学穿越，包括南极东部高原的内部部分，如多默a。美国ITASE相当于极地研究船。它为传统的雪地旅行提供了地面机会，并结合了GPS导航、裂缝探测雷达、卫星通信和多学科研究等现代技术。作为一个地面运输系统，美国ITASE为科学家们提供了体验他们正在研究的动态环境的机会。美国ITASE还为研究提供了一个刺激的互动场所，类似于海洋学研究船和大型极地野外营地所提供的场所，而没有前者的费用，也没有后者的机动性。更重要的是，以美国ITASE为代表的学科组合为大气，冰盖及其历史提供了独特的，物流高效的多维视图。美国ITASE及其国际合作伙伴收集的数据可供广泛的科学界使用，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有广泛的公众宣传计划，为许多学生提供了体验多学科南极研究的重要机会。

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.