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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1994-95: VUWAE 39

13. Scott Base Lab Facilities

13. Scott Base Lab Facilities

Lab space used by us was mainly for the purpose of storing electronic equipment and charging batteries. We used a spare room in the Hatherton Lab to set-up GPS and computer equipment, and some bench space upstairs in Q-Hut to keep the gravity meter on power.

Suggestions that we could make for the new lab facilities include:
  • space, perhaps partitioned, for specific events to set-up equipment (in our case, computers, gravity meter etc). Space away from the garage environment is essential as the dirt associated with garages is not a good mix with sensitive scientific equipment.
  • equipment that would be useful in such areas could include a soldering iron, battery chargers appropriate for charging up to 20Ahr 12V sealed led acid batteries, such charger(s) should have a current output of 2 - 5 Amps.
  • a basic set of tooling would be useful, perhaps a set of the tools most commonly borrowed from the garage and workshops? We found that bringing a complete set of tools for ourselves was much more practical than relying on what is already at Scott Base.