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Southern Study Area - BOREAS Operations (SSA-Ops)

BOREAS Operations was the nerve center of the Southern Study Area. All major actions were coordinated through here, especially scheduling aircraft operations and overflights of sites.


Location of the SSA within Canada.
Location of BOREAS Operations within the SSA.

"BOREAS Ops" was located at the Snodrifters Lodge, in Candle Lake, Saskatchewan.

SSA Operations Site
also called SSA-999-WLZ02 (click here for detailed info)
Latitude: 53.733 UTM Easting: 482409 BOREAS X: 377.6
Longitude: -105.267 UTM Northing: 5953885 BOREAS Y: 319.7
Elevation (ASL): 503 m UTM Zone: 13

Pictures from the SSA-Ops Site


Radiosonde balloon launch at Ops
The NASA Helicopter lands at Ops

A meeting at the Snodrifter's Lodge

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Related Pages:
BOREAS Home
Study Region Overview
Southern Study Area (SSA)
SSA Operations (SSA-Ops)
NSA Operations (NSA-Ops)

Revison Date: January 25, 1999