Googie huts - Australian Antarctic Program
Googie huts have been used by the AAD from the mid-1980s to the present. Googies are currently in use at Waterfall Bay and Brothers Point on Macquarie Island, on Hop island near Davis and on Béchervaise Island near Mawson. They are constructed from upper and lower fibreglass hemispheres mounted on a steel ring.
Googie Huts | Is A Googie A Futuro? - The Futuro House
Check out the screenshots from Google earth below which show one of the two "Googies" on Béchervaise Island, the "Googie" at Waterfall Bay on Macquarie Island and the Futuro in Royse City, TX respectively.
The Futuro House - Googie Hut | Bechervaise Island, Antarctica ...
"A large fiberglass field hut, usually orange, which is mounted on a steel frame in the manner of an egg in an egg-cup. The hut is a flattened sphere in shape, and looks remarkably like the traditional images of a flying saucer.
Larger shelters - Australian Antarctic Program
Larger field shelters including Apple huts and Googies are used by expeditioners in the field.
Googie Hut | Hop Island, Antarctica - The Futuro House - Googie Hut
The hut is a flattened sphere in shape, and looks remarkably like the traditional images of a flying saucer. The "Googie" Hut, or just plain "Googie" as it is often referred to was a modified Futuro (120112 - see the notes above - the "Googie" was NOT a modified Futuro but a totally separate and independent design) manufactured in Australia ...
Issue 38: June 2020 - Australian Antarctic Program
The Googie hut, designed and built by Australian Antarctic Division engineer Attila Vrana* in the mid-1980s, has provided a robust and versatile field hut in the Australian Antarctic Territory for almost 30 years. The elliptical ‘googie’ was given its name from the Australian slang for egg.
The Futuro House - Googie Hut, Brother's Point, Macquarie …
"The fiberglass hut, known as a 'googie', provides comfortable accommodation for three people and may fit 6 in an emergency. It is a popular destination for short duration field trips lasting one or two nights, but is also used as a lunchtime or overnight stopping point for longer trips heading down the island.
Futuro House (aka UFO House): Brothers Point, Macquarie Island ...
"The fiberglass hut, known as a 'googie', provides comfortable accommodation for three people and may fit 6 in an emergency. It is a popular destination for short duration field trips lasting one or two nights, but is also used as a lunchtime or overnight stopping point for longer trips heading down the island.
Future, Googie Brothers Point – Macquarie Island, Antarctic
2020年7月1日 · Le «Googie» Hut, or simply "Googie" as it is often called was a modified Futuro made in Australia specifically for use in the Antarctic region. The most obvious difference was the reduced number of windows, but it retained most of Futuro design features, including sitting on a …
Futuro House (aka UFO House): Googie Huts | Not A Futuro After …
Original plans for this expedition, a scientific study of seal and penguin populations on the island, included the use of four "Apple" huts and a "Melon" hut [an extended "Apple"] as accommodations for team members during a year long expedition. The plans even proceeded as far as purchasing and packing the equipment before a new assessment ...
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