Planning

Planning for the Antarctic Ross Sea Lithosphere Study (ARSLS) was a logical extension of the successful work in West Antarctica on the WAVE programme and began in 1990 and led to a science proposal being submitted to RDRC.

Following approval of the project, further planning was undertaken at the Tekapo orientation meeting in August 1992. There, field and helicopter requirements were discussed and put in sites detailed.

Medicals were undertaken in September 1992 in the Student Health Centre of Victoria University.

Travel to Antarctica was organised via the Antarctic Research Centre of VUW and NZAP. We experienced a delay of 1 day owing to poor weather conditions in McMurdo Sound.