| Dec 7 |
Dibble to Scott Base, with Monteath, Giggenbach (DSIR), and Tazieff France |
| 8-9 |
Preparing field gear. |
| 10 |
Dibble to Fang acclimitization camp, with Monteath, Thompson, Giggenbach (DSIR), Fink (L & S) and Tazieff (France). |
| 11-12 |
Climbing practice, and magnetic survey of Fang. |
| 13 |
Party to Erebus Observatory Hut. Install seismograph and microphone at Hut. |
| 14 |
Shift geophone to site above Ice Cave. |
| 15 |
Shift microphone to Crater rim. |
| 16 |
Install magnetic induction loop around Crater rim. Connect to tape recorder in Hut.page 33.gif) |
| Dec 18 |
Attempted descent into inner crater. |
| 19 |
USARP party (Kyle, Keys, McIntosh, Cashman) arrive from Fang. |
| 22 |
Tazieff leaves for France. |
| 23 |
Install steel cableway across Crater (for dropping penetration viscometer spears into Lava Lake) while Monteath and Giggenbach descend into inner crater (stopped by explosion at 1811 NZST). |
| 24 |
Add nylon draw cords to cableway. (One broke almost immediately due to chemical attack and increasing wind). |
| 25 |
Replace faulty geophone with spare one. |
| 26 |
Magnetic induction loop broken by gales. |
| 27 |
My tent blows down when 2 guy ropes fail. Repaired. |
| 28 |
Cableway found to have blown down. |
| 29 |
Retreived geophone and mirophone. Giggenbach and Fink's tent ripped and my tent completely disappeared in a full gale. |
| 30 |
Prepare to leave. Kyle and Cashman to Scott Base. Only 1 Helo flight possible. |
| 31 |
Dibble and Fink to Scott Base. |
| Jan 3 |
Dibble to Christchurch. Monteath, Thomson, Giggenbach, and McIntosh to Scott Base. |
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