Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Cold, Hard Facts 11-12-06

Cold, Hard Facts is an item that runs in every edition of the Antarctic Sun, the Antarctica newspaper.

This was this week's list, titled The Property Trail:

Total number of property items tracked at McMurdo Station by the USAP: 2,600
Total cost of those items: $101 million
Year of oldest item on record: 1945 (two sheepfoot roller compactors)
Least expensive item in the property inventory: $79 Epson scanner
Most expensive item in the property inventory: $5.1 million Microwave Landing System building and equipment for the airfields
Number of computers on station: 624 desktops and 87 laptops
Cost of Ivan the Terra Bus in 1993: $399,035

Source: Corey Hubbard, RPSC property assistant

Posted by Katie from the Ice @ 11:21 PM