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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1982-83: VUWAE 27

Transport:

Transport:

All transport in the field was by helicopter with the put in to the Miers Valley being on schedule. The relocation to Shapeless Mountain was one day late due to bad weather. The planned relocation from Shapeless Mountain to the Allan Hills was delayed for seven days due to several factors including the visit to Scott Base of HRH Prince Edward, bad weather and a backlog of helicopter requirements. Consequently, this part of our scientific programme had to be cancelled and we returned to Scott Base on the originally scheduled date.

The nature of the project at Shapeless Mountain required visiting all parts of the mountain and this often meant walking up to six hours a day. It was originally intended that K6A would camp on the opposite side of the mountain so that we could use their camp as a "resting point". However, they were delayed at Portal Mountain for nine days for the same reasons as our delay at Shapeless Mountain and when they eventually were moved to Shapeless Mountain bad weather forced them to camp with us.

A further problem was the lack of Hercules flights from McMurdo to Christchurch prior to Christmas and we had to spend 14 days at Scott Base waiting to be transported to Christchurch.