Here's a somewhat surprising find--> The US and Russia have decided that they're going to enforce Antractica Treaty rules. Huh! And here I thought they were not getting along in the world at large, what with sanctions and NATO and Ukraine. When it comes to Antarctica, they get along just peachy. More to MY point about the circumference of Antarctica possibly being 60,000 miles consistent with flat earth, not 15,000 miles consistent with global earth-- this USA/Russia inspection team visited MULTIPLE RESEARCH STATIONS in one huge effort-- which led me to think that some useful mileages and times would be available. However, so far, we're out of luck. Scroll down to see why.
Here's why: The routes travelled by the inspection ALL start on land. There IS NO actual flight indicated as per the map on the right-- which purportedly shows the distances between stations. If only that WERE the case, I'd have gleaned a lot about the real size of Antarctica here. Instead, the routes they travelled are consistent with a 60,000 mile radius, not a 15,000 mile one. That's because it was easier for them to leave for Antarctica to the various stations via the "gateways" on the continents of Earth-proper. One would think that a US Russia inspection team with the authority of the Treaty behind them would have simply flown from station to station-- which makes intuitive sense. It doesn't look like that occurred. Read the article yourself.
http://www.ats.aq/documents/ATCM36/att/ATCM36_att145_e.pdf
The map on the right with the mileages could be pure fantasy to hid the infinite ice rim Antarctica. The real flight routes taken are on the left, consistent with a "too big" antarctican ice rim to attempt to fly to all those stations from station-to-station.
PDF article details about the US Russia inspection trips.
1983 Inspection Circumnavigated 80% of Island Antarctica!
This morning (June 4, 2015), I discovered the following map showing a 1983 inspection route. I've run searches all sorts of ways to find more maps of inspection tours but the only ones showing up so far are the very limited 2012 and 2006 inspection tour maps that cover a small section of Antarctica's coastal stations. So when I found the following LONGER route almost all the way around, I was elated. Source: US Antarctic Inspection, 1983. | Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/item/84690251
I was unable to see the labels with much clarity and the higher def map wouldn't download for some reason. The following are two maps with a lot of labels that might help i.d. the above tiny print to some extent. Admittedly, this process is haphazard but that's what I have to work with right now. The report that detailed the 1983 inspection tour might have a complete list. It's linked above.
I can't seem to find much on departure times, dates and coordinates to confirm or deny the 60,000 vs. 15,000 mile perimeter of Antarctica. However, it might be worth scanning the net for more Inspection Reports for that type of data. I've looked at a few odd years and the reports are behind log-in's on pdf hosting sites that require monthly membership that I don't want to pay right now.
The following is an article in a national magazine dealing with the interesting level of cooperation between the US and Russia in Antarctica despite their differences "north" of Antarctica. You have to wonder if the whole conflict in the "north" being described in mainstream media is being faked since if the conflict were REAL, you certainly would NOT have cooperation ANYWHERE including Antarctica.
http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/the-us-russian-antarctic-thaw-7837
Enlargements of the 1983 Inspection Circumnavigation Tour
I was able to enlarge the 1983 Inspection Tour map in sections. Here's the first section. I'll include the others later today or this week.
