Cargo Pond () is a pond in a moraine enclosed basin at the foot of the cliffs to the south end of
Alatna Valley, in the
Convoy Range
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of
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. I ...
. This frozen pond was the site of a 1960–61
United States Antarctic Research Program
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field party (
Parker Calkin,
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, and
Ellory Schempp
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) which had to be evacuated in a hurry. Equipment and provisions stockpiled on the pond ice were eventually redistributed by the wind and lodged among the surrounding morainic boulders. A 1989–90
New Zealand Antarctic Research Program party (
Trevor Chinn
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) camped nearby made frequent visits to the site to clean up the area, but also to acquire various 30-year-old exotic foods to supplement their standard camp fare.
References
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Lakes of Victoria Land
Scott Coast
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