14 - 16 January.

CRP personnel (Cowie, Pyne, Ridgin, Reid, Knox, Sinclair, Mitchell and Tripp plus Jacqui Unwin SB GD) flew to CR on 14 January. Zucchelli rendezvoused from TNB at CR and did a preliminary sea ice reconnaissance with Pyne and established the only really feasible offload position 19.5 km directly east of CR. General work began on equipment but the main emphasis was on establishing the easiest and safest route to the ice edge. On 15 January with support from RNZAF's K02 the route was established and the following day Pyne, Knox and Reid spent a long day drilling and flagging it.