Acknowledgements

Equipment was prepared with help from Eric Broughton (RSES VUW) the member of the VUW mechanical workshop and Peter Issacs (N.Z. Met. Service). The S4 current mater was recalibrated for 0-50 cm/s by the Oceanographic Institute DSIR We are grateful to the Antarctic Division and Scott Base staff who assisted us in the programme planning and Dave Hotop, and Mike Kernot (RNZAF - 3 Squadron) who helped with the January moving recovery. Thanks also to Rob Dunbar's S-216 group for assistance testing the vibrocorer housing and hospitality while in the field. Pat Sole (K-191) once again provided much appreciated survey assistance to our programme.