PART A

Barrett and Kohn were transported to Beacon Heights on the afternoon of November 7 by helicopter. Reconnaissance of the geology of the SW side of the Taylor Glacier in the vicinity of Windy Gully was carried out on the flight. The remainder of the day was spent setting up camp and carrying out a quick reconnaissance of the middle part of the geological section at West Beacon. The 1,100m section was measured and described over the next three days and detailed rock collections were made. Notes and photos of the geology of the area were also made to provide information for map compilation on a scale of 1:250,000. On the evening of November 10 a blizzard blew up and confined us to our tent for the next 36 hours. A half-day of geology was carried out by Barrett on the morning of November 12 while Kohn started packing up camp. We were transported back to base after showing Brian Porter and the helicopter crew some of the local geology. In order to take off from West Beacon we had to relay our load (about 1,200 lbs) down to the Taylor Glacier in three shifts.