VUWAE 16B (South Victoria Land):

Leader/ Geologist:	Peter Barrett	M.Sc. (Auckland), Ph.D. (Ohio State Univ.), Senior Lecturer in Geology, Victoria Univ. of Wellington.
Geologist:	Rosemary Askin	B.Sc. (Hons.), Ph.D. student, Victoria Univ. of Wellington.
Geologist:	Douglas Bright	B. Sc., Honours student, Victoria Univ. of Wellington.
Field Guide:	Alwyn Chinn	Antarctic Division, D. S. I. R.

When Barrett returned to New Zealand on December 22, Chinn became field leader of the southern party, Askin the scientific leader, and David Bamford, D.S.I.R. field assistant, joined the party for the rest of the season.

Applications for two field assistants were called for in the Geology Department and about twelve applicants responded. Selection was delayed until mid-July as a result of the late decision to implement the programme, and Messrs. Bright and Trustrum were selected. All attended the Antarctic Training Week at Tekapo in mid-August 1971, and both enjoyed and benefited from meeting the other participants in the 1971/72 NZARP programme.

The vaccination requirements for Antarctic visitors were fulfilled by party members, and generally the reaction was alight, though the typhoid injections gave some members a sore arm for a day.

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Trustrum's reaction to typhoid was considerably worse and required medication. Dr. Fleming, Medical Director of Student Health, subsequently wrote to Antarctic Division (Oct. 26, 1971) expressing concern at being required to give typhoid injections, as in his opinion the protection is unnecessary in Antarctica.

In addition to Trustrum's reaction to typhoid he also suffered a severe reaction to smallpox. This was described as being a 'post-vaccination' encephalo-myelitis. Trustrum responded quickly to treatment given him for his encephalitis, and within a short time was able to resume study. By the time he left N. Z. for Antarctica it was thought he had recovered sufficiently to take part fully in the expedition's work.

However, shortly after arrival in Antarctica he suffered a relapse of his post-vaccination encephalo-myelitis and he returned immediately to New Zealand. He has now fully recovered.

It was by that time too late to obtain a student replacement, and Alwyn Chinn joined the party earlier than had been planned.