28 Oct |
Gillespie and Woolfe to Scott Base (after 2 days delay in CHCH). |
29 Oct |
Event brief, preparation of field gear. |
30 Oct |
Preparation of sledges and toboggans, test run to Turtle Rk. |
31 Oct |
Repacking food boxes. |
1 Nov |
Modification of sledge ropes, towing and personnel lines. |
2 Nov |
Aircraft Delay: Henare in CHCH (weather). |
3 Nov |
Aircraft Delay: Henare in CHCH (weather). |
4 Nov |
Henare to Scott Base, party to ice fall for snow and ice travel in evening. |
5 Nov |
Shake down trip to Aurora Glacier with K221 and leader of survival School. |
6 Nov |
G7 dropping gear box oil, Gillespie and Woolfe return Scott Base to pick up oil, then return to Aurora Glacier. Party returns Scott Base. |
7 Nov |
Henare on day 2 of Survival Course. |
8 Nov |
Aircraft Delay: Recce flight cancelled due to weather. |
9 Nov |
Recce flight abandoned, bad weather in Darwin Glacier and at Allan Hills. Used 4.30 hrs LC-130 support. |
10 Nov |
G7 and G8 on test run to Windless Bight, G7 still dropping gear box oil; recce flight, Darwin Glacier completed, Allan Hills abandoned due to bad weather. |
11 Nov |
G7 test run, still dropping gear box oil. |
12 Nov |
Aircraft Delay: Put cancelled due to weather. |
13 Nov |
Aircraft Delay: Scott Base invitation golf classic. |
14 Nov |
Aircraft Delay: Put in cancelled due to weather. |
15 Nov |
Aircraft Delay: Put in cancelled due to weather. |
16 Nov |
Put in to Darwin Glacier near Richardson Hill. Crevasse opened on first drag, but aircraft too heavy to take off, K047 and K221 put in. Moved camp to Colosseum Ridge 79° 48′S 156° 25′E. |
17 Nov |
Strong westerlies, recce Colosseum Ridge. |
18 Nov |
Geology northern end of Colosseum Ridge.page 50 |
19 Nov |
Geology Colosseum ridge to Trail Ridge. |
20 Nov |
Cross Smith Glacier on foot, section measuring Haskel Ridge, |
21 Nov |
Camp Move: Return landing site to pick up fuel, move to plateau side of Haskel Ridge. Travel difficult, crevasses, hummocky blue ice and sastrugi. Threw track off G7. Arrive camp 0330 hrs (79° 42′S 155° 48′E). |
22 Nov |
Rest day. |
23 Nov |
Recce route on to Hatherton Neve and geology of Nunataks westward from camp. Section measuring Haskell Ridge. |
24 Nov |
Section measuring on un-named nunatak westward of camp. |
25 Nov |
Bad Weather prevents trip to Turnstyle Ridge. Night move to Hatherton Glacier 79° 56′S 155° 48′E. |
26 Nov |
Rest day. |
27 Nov |
Geology upper Hatherton Glacier. |
28 Nov |
Local geology, sort day due to 30 kt westerlies. |
29 Nov |
Gillespie and Woolfe to section J3, Henare local geology. |
30 Nov |
Local Geology. |
1 Dec |
Gillespie and Woolfe cross Hatherton Glacier on foot for section measuring, Henare local geology. |
2 Dec |
Henare and Woolfe local geology, Gillespie repairs and maintenance at camp. |
3 Dec |
Local geology. |
4 Dec |
Local geology. |
4 Dec |
Moved camp to lower Hatherton Glacier (79° 52′S 157° 14′E). |
5 Dec |
Local geology. |
6 Dec |
Local geology. |
7 Dec |
Travelled up Hatherton Glacier to un-named ridge 4 km above camp. |
8 Dec |
Travelled to Junction Spur, geology. Marked out site for air drop. |
9 Dec |
Air drop arrived mid-afternoon, change back to working days. |
10 Dec |
Moved camp to 6 km SE of Mt Hughes (48 km). |
11 Dec |
Tentacle Ridge, geology. |
12 Dec |
Tentacle Ridge, geology.page 51 |
13 Dec |
Spot Height 1960, north of camp, geology. Discovered abundant fish remains near summit. |
14 Dec |
Packed camp set off for Island Arena. |
15 Dec |
Arrived at put-in site early morning, then moved camp to Island Arena (79° 50′S 156° 25′E) distance travelled 58 km. |
16 Dec |
Partial white out, probed landing site for crevasses but probing near useless with crevasse bridges being largely undetectable. |
17 Dec |
Partial white out, low cloud and snow. |
18 Dec |
Partial white out, low cloud and snow. |
19 Dec |
Aircraft Delay, low cloud and snow. |
20 Dec |
Aircraft Delay, gale to storm force westerlies. |
21 Dec |
Aircraft Delay, strong to gale force southerlies packed up camp. |
22 Dec |
Aircraft Delay: Pull-out abandoned, plane breaks through crevasse on first drag. |
23 Dec |
Aircraft Delay: Visited Trail Ridge, geology. |
24 Dec |
Aircraft Delay: Received airdrop in early morning, low cloud and snow by evening. |
25 Dec |
Aircraft Delay: Low cloud and snow. |
26 Dec |
Aircraft Delay: Low cloud and snow, left late for Roadend Nunatak, steering by compass at first. |
27 Dec |
Aircraft Delay: Arrived Roadend Nunatak (79° 49′S 158° 05′E), low cloud and fog. |
28 Dec |
Aircraft Delay: Low cloud and fog, local geology. |
29 Dec |
Aircraft Delay: Recce flight early morning unsuccessful because of mid-level cloud. Moved camp to Mulgrew Nunatak. |
30 Dec |
Aircraft Delay: Local geology. |
31 Dec |
Aircraft Delay: Returned to Roadend Nunatak. |
1 Jan |
Aircraft Delay: Heavy snow. |
2 Jan |
Aircraft Delay: Local Geology, recreation day. |
3 Jan |
Aircraft Delay: Marking out new strip, low cloud etc. |
4 Jan |
Aircraft Delay: Weather clearing slowly, packed up camp and moved to new landing site. |
5 Jan |
Party returned to Scott Base, Henare returns NZ. |
6 Jan |
Preparation of field gear, packing rocks.page 52 |
7 Jan |
Gillespie and Woolfe Helo to Elkhorn Ridge (76°40′S 161°06′E) |
8 Jan |
Local geology. |
9 Jan |
Marginal weather, local geology. |
10 Jan |
Cross Towle Glacier on foot, measured section on Mt Naab, returned to camp by late evening. |
11 Jan |
Rest day. |
12 Jan |
Local geology. Barrett to Scott Base. |
13 Jan |
Local geology. Barrett to Survival School. |
14 Jan |
Crossed Northwind Glacier on foot, geology at Flagship Mountain. |
15 Jan |
Helo Delay: Snow and low cloud. |
16 Jan |
Helo Delay: |
17 Jan |
Helo delay: |
18 Jan |
Barrett joins party, party moves to Allan Hills. |
19 Jan |
Local geology. |
20 Jan |
Local geology. |
21 Jan |
Local geology. |
22 Jan |
Local geology. |
23 Jan |
Local geology. |
24 Jan |
Party returns Scott Base. |
25 Jan |
Packing rocks, cleaning and return of field gear. |
26 Jan |
Packing rocks, return of field gear. |
27 Jan |
Barrett and Woolfe to Christchurch. |