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Immediate report of Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition 1989-90: VUWAE 34

Event Diary

Event Diary

19 Nov Dibble, O'Brien, and Shimizu fly to Chch.
24 Nov Fly South S hours; turn-around due to weather.
25 Nov Fly South 5 hours; turn-around due to weather.
27 NOV Fly South 5 hours; turn-around due to weather.
28 Nov Fly South 0.5 hours; turn-around due to oxygen leak.
28 Nov Fly to McMurdo after replacing oxygen pipeline.
30 Nov O'Brien and Shimizu begin Survival School.
1 Dec Dibble, O'Brien, Shimizu complete Survival School
2 Nov Dibble, 0;Brien, Shimizu and Kennedy fly to Fang.
4 Nov All toboggan up to lower hut, helped by S-081.
6 Nov Check why new station MACZ does not relay BOMB signal; remove receiver and antenna for test.
7 Nov Service CONE microphone, and all move to upper hut with help from S-081, Begin refraction survey.
8 Nov Shimizu/Kennedy take infrared thermometer to rim. Dibble/O'Brien make refraction survey between upper hut and Nausea Knob.
9 Nov Service E1 microphone, and all move back to lower hut.
10 Nov Dibble/O'Brien search for signal from BOMB with portable receiver. Shimizu/Kennedy take infrared thermometer to rim via Ray's Gully.page 44
11 Nov Dibble/O'Brien find BOMB not transmitting; confirm MACZ is best site, and reinstall receiver/antenna. Shimizu/Kennedy continue thermometry.
12 Nov All K044 fly down together, leaving gear for K092.
13 Nov O'Brien begins video recording 24 hours/day; Shimizu begins tape playback and earthquake count.
15 Nov Dibble/Robertson fly to BOMB with K-092, but no time to repair it due to cloud at McMurdo.
18 Nov Dibble completes antennae overhaul. Stops 5400 skeds from triggering the digital seismograph.
20 Nov Dibble/Fairhall fly to BOMB with S-081. Replace failed batteries with new Ant Div one. Then OK.
23 Nov Dibble and Shimizu return to Christchurch.
24 Nov O'Brien copies videotapes of the lava lake fuming at the times S-081 were analysing plume gases.
26 NOV S-081 fly to TERROR and remove batteries, and to add more batteries at BOMB.
28 Nov 1990 O'Brien starts playback of recent magnetic tapes.
6 Jan Decipher time-codes on chart recordings.
3 Jan Windless Bight Recordings cease. RTG to NSF.
24 Jan Complete video-file of all recorded eruptions, and make several copies in PAL and NTSC.
25 Jan McGregor is handed over the reins.
26 Jan O'Brien returns to Christchurch.