| 1st November 1990 |
WAVE party to Scott Base by C-141 transport. |
| 2-8th November 1990 |
Event preparation, shake down trips and Recce flight (8th - 9th November). |
| 10th November 1990 |
Put-in flight to south side of Mount Murphy Volcanic Complex. Travelled 10 km and established Camp 1. Clocks advanced 4.00 hours to MBL time. |
| 11th November 1990 |
Time spent organising camp, fuel (which had been air dropped during recce flight)/ provisions, etc. Meteor sighted by JAG at midnight (MBL time) travelling in a W-E trajectory above Mt Murphy. |
| 12th November 1990 |
Field work on Sechrist Ridge between Sechrist Peak and Bucher Peak. Rose and Atkinson returned to Put-in site to recover additional fuel. Route flagged on return. |
| 13th November 1990 |
Field work at Petril Nunatak and Turtle Peak. Route flagged. Returned to camp early due to gathering storm. |
| 14th November 1990 |
Storm all night with winds to 50 knots. |
| 15th November 1990 |
Field work at Petril Nunatak, returned to camp at 6.00pm in white out and blowing snow. |
| 16 November 1990 |
Awake to blowing snow after storm night, visibility down to zero. |
| 17th-22nd November |
Storm. Time spent in and around camp. |
| 23rd November 1990 |
Camp move to Camp 2 at Turtle Peak (75° 27′S, 111° 15′W), arriving at 9.30pm. |
| 24th November 1990 |
Petril Peak section with JLS. Rose and Atkinson recce and
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flag route to Dorrel Rock. |
| 25th November 1990 |
Work on Petril Peak on a beautiful day. |
| 26th November 1990 |
Field work on summit section of Petril Nunatak. W Mc Intosh looses field book down crevasse. |
| 27th November 1990 |
Mapping and measuring on the Sechrist amphitheatre with Mc Intosh and Panter. |
| 28th November 1990 |
Mapping and collecting in area south of Sechrist Peak. Xenoliths collected from cone SW of Sechrist Peak. |
| 29th November 1990 |
Section measuring at Heden Nunatak with JLS. Rose and Atkinson return to Camp 1 to recover fuel and provisions. |
| 30th November 1990 |
Turtle Peak with Mcintosh and Panter. |
| 1st December 1990 |
Dorrel Rock gabbro with Atkinson, Panter, Mcintosh via previously flagged route. |
| 2nd December 1990 |
Rough night with gusts to 50 knots. Day spent organising gear for camp move tomorrow. |
| 3rd December 1990 |
Camp move to North Bay and Camp 3, due East of Kay Peak (75° 14′S, 110° 50′W). |
| 4th December 1990 |
Mapping and collecting west of Kay Peak. JLS found plant fossils in basement sediments. We map high grade metamorphics. |
| 5th December 1990 |
Mapping on ridge south of Kay Peak with Mcintosh and Panter. Volcanics overlying basement metamorphics. |
| 6th December 1990 |
Light snow falling and limited visibility. Tent day. |
| 7th December 1990 |
Snow continued to fall over night and wind increased ~6.00 to 20 knots. Continued all day. Tent day. |
| 8th December 1990 |
Wind dropped over night but visibility still v. poor. Wind kept switching direction throughout day. |
| 9th December 1990 |
Camp move in near white-out conditions to a site near Benedict Peak. Camp 4 (75° 14′S, 110° 30′W) at Benedict Peak. Party undertook recon trip to Eisberg Head. |
| 10-17th December 1990 |
Storm. Gusts up to 70 knots. USAP tent suffers structural damage, NZARP survival tent dissintegrates, several sledges suffer structural damage. |
| 18th December 1990 |
Heavy snow falling in morning but wind has dropped. Camp move begun pm. Return to Camp 1.page break.gif) |
| 19th December 1990 |
Arrive at Put-in site at 3.45am and sleep until noon Awake to a cloudy overcast day and spent time reorganising camp and packing gear and garbage. |
| 20th December 1990 |
Field work on ridge between Sechrist and Bucher Peak but outcrop entirely snow covered following storm. Walked out all outcrops on ridge in search of xenolith localities. Visited new xenolith locality on Hawkins Peak (pm) discovered earlier by Mcintosh and Panter. |
| 21-22nd December 1990 |
Put-in Camp site awaiting pickup. |
| 23rd December 1990 |
Camp move to Camp 5 at Calendar Peak (). Party travelled "light" with 4 sledges and 3 skidoos. Fierce wind at Calendar. |
| 24th December 1990 |
Return to put-in camp amid deteriorating weather conditions. |
| 25 Dec - 2nd Jan 1991 |
Wind and blowing snow/variable visibility and occasional "holes" in the cloud cover. Tent days. |
| 3rd January 1991 |
Wind dropped overnight and we were in a clearing "hole" by morning. LC-130 arrived at 8.45 pm and returned party to Byrd Surface Camp. 3 members of party returned to McMurdo and 3 moved to Mt Hampton being joined by 2 from S-081(Kyle and Dunbar). |
| 3rd-4th January 1991 |
Put-in to Mt Hampton and arrival of BAS Twin Otter from Ford Ranges. |
| 4th-6th January 1991 |
Mt Hampton and Whitney Peak. |
| 6th January 1991 |
Gamble/ Atkinson and Panter return to NZ from Mc Murdo. |
| 7th January 1991 |
Kyle and Dunbar to Mt Waesche by Twin Otter. Mcintosh, Smellie and Rose to USAS Escarpment. |
| 9th January 1991 |
Kyle and Dunbar return from Waesche. |
| 11th January 1991 |
Pick-up by LC-130 and return to Mc Murdo. |
| 12-22nd January 1991 |
Smellie, Rose join members of S-081 on Mt Erebus. |
| 27th January 1990 |
Smellie returns ot NZ. |
| 31st January 1990 |
Rose erturns to NZ. |
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flag route to Dorrel Rock.