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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1981-82: VUWAE 26

TRANSPORT:

TRANSPORT:

Helicopter transport was used to put the field party in to the camp site in Wright valley and to carry out an aerial reconnaissance of the sampling area. This proved to be extremely valuable in selecting the best outcrop areas for the sampling traverses and in locating the survey benchmark where camp was set up. The three sampling traverses up the sides of the lower Wright Valley were then completed in two days on foot.

Return to Scott Base was delayed by several days and close support work to collect samples along the coast had to be curtailed because of the helicopter problems which developed at the beginning of December. However, this did not seriously restrict the geological sampling programme and all major objectives were achieved.