Hillary Field Centre

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Hillary Field Centre is a key Antarctic research and logistics facility in New Zealand’s Ross Dependency, supporting scientific expeditions and operations in the region.

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Hillary Field Centre canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic research facility
logistics facility
associatedWith New Zealand Antarctic Programme
surface form: New Zealand Antarctic research programme

Ross Dependency administration
climate Antarctic climate
continent Antarctica
country New Zealand
environment polar
hasFacility cargo handling areas
field equipment storage
logistics coordination offices
staging areas for field parties
workshops
hasFunction coordination of field safety procedures
preparation of field camps
storage of survival equipment
hasRole logistics hub for Scott Base operations
staging point for deep-field deployments
locatedIn Ross Dependency
Ross Island
Scott Base
namedAfter Edmund Hillary
operator Antarctica New Zealand
ownedBy New Zealand government
surface form: New Zealand Government
partOf Scott Base
surface form: Scott Base complex
primaryFunction provide logistics support in Ross Dependency
support Antarctic scientific expeditions
support field operations
region New Zealand Antarctic Territory
surface form: New Zealand’s Ross Dependency
strategicImportance key node in New Zealand Antarctic operations
supportsActivity biology research
climate research
environmental monitoring
geoscience research
glaciology research
supportsModeOfTransport fixed-wing aircraft logistics
helicopter operations
over-snow traverse operations
supportsProgram environmental protection activities in Antarctica
scientific expeditions in Ross Dependency
supportsRegion Ross Sea
surface form: Ross Sea region

Transantarctic Mountains field sites
usedBy New Zealand Antarctic Programme
international Antarctic research teams

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Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory) contains Hillary Field Centre
subject surface form: Ross Dependency
Scott Base hasBuilding Hillary Field Centre