Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1999-2000: VUWAE 44
Allan Hills 1999/2000 Events log for P. Holme
Allan Hills 1999/2000 Events log for P. Holme
Note: event diaries for other event members were not available at this time. Every night, all event members stayed at the Main Camp except where noted. No icefalls or crevasse fields were encountered because our event was based on a nunatak and our research was geological so we travelled on rock almost the whole time.
Day | Date | Location | Activity |
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01 | 20/11/99 | camp | insertion and camp setup |
02 | 21/11/99 | camp | camp setup |
03 | 22/11/99 | Triangle | recce south to the Triangle area |
04 | 23/11/99 | Northwest Platform | recce west across Northwest Platform and up onto west edge of Allan Hills. Found section with good stratigraphic contactspage break |
05 | 24/11/99 | Boulder Ridge | recce east to Boulder Ridge |
06 | 25/11/99 | Echo Gully | looked for Hiemstra's sections and found excellent section |
07 | 26/11/99 | helped Mark look for Hiemstra's sections | |
08 | 27/11/99 | did write-up summary of preceding events | |
09 | 28/11/99 | Sec 01 | worked on Section 01 |
10 | 29/11/99 | Sec 01 | worked on Section 01 |
11 | 30/11/99 | Sec 01 | worked on Section 01 |
12 | 01/12/99 | Manhaul snout to northeast platform | recce along Manhaul snout and out to northeast platform |
13 | 02/12/99 | just south of the Northwest Platform | recce – found potential section |
14 | 03/12/99 | Northwest Platform | recce, outcrop investigation |
15 | 04/12/99 | camp | sore knee – did paperwork |
16 | 05/12/99 | Northwest Platform | section 03 |
17 | 06/12/99 | Northwest Platform | section 03 |
18 | 07/12/99 | Northwest Platform | recce |
19 | 08/12/99 | Triangle, Boulder Ridge | recce |
20 | 09/12/99 | ? | recce |
21 | 10/12/99 | ? | recce |
22 | 11/12/99 | Lake valley, Trudge valley | recce |
23 | 12/12/99 | south to the Rim | recce – looking for Sirius Group |
24 | 13/12/99 | camp | paperwork |
25 | 14/12/99 | along Manhaul snout to Lake valley | recce |
26 | 15/12/99 | central Allan Hills south of the central dyke | GPS measurements of the southern limit of the Beacon butter |
27 | 16/12/99 | Echo gully, Trudge valley | recce and GPS measurements of outcrops and striated surfaces |
28 | 17/12/99 | South limb | recce, looking for Sirius Group deposits |
29 | 18/12/99 | camp | rest |
30 | 19/12/99 | Camp valley | section 03 |
31 | 20/12/99 | Camp valley | section 03 |
32 | 21/12/99 | Camp valley | section 03 |
33 | 22/12/99 | Camp valley | section 03 |
34 | 23/12/99 | Camp valley | section 03 |
35 | 24/12/99 | Camp valley and contra ridge | recce |
36 | 25/12/99 | camp | Christmas |
37 | 26/12/99 | camp | Christmas |
38 | 27/12/99 | Northwest Platform, Camp valley, contra ridge | outcrop tour |
39 | 28/12/99 | contra ridge | recce |
40 | 29/12/99 | contra ridge | section 04 |
41 | 30/12/99 | central and southern Allan Hills (north of the Rim) | recce and sampling |
42 | 31/12/99 | contra ridge | section 04 |
43 | 01/01/00 | camp | New Year's Day |
44 | 02/01/00 | contra ridge | section 05 |
45 | 03/01/00 | contra ridge | outcrop investigation |
46 | 04/01/00 | Trudge valley | Beta camp setup |
47 | 05/01/00 | north flank of Trudge valley | mapping |
48 | 06/01/00 | Beta camp | rest |
49 | 07/01/00 | floor and south ridge of Trudge valley | recce |
50 | 08/01/00 | south ridge of Trudge valley | recce |
51 | 09/01/00 | south ridge of Trudge valley | recce |
52 | 10/01/00 | south rim of gully (SE gully) in southeast corner of Trudge valley | section 06page break |
53 | 11/01/00 | gully (Echo gully) In southwest corner of Trudge valley | section 07, outcrop investigation |
54 | 12/01/00 | Echo gully | section 07, outcrop investigation |
55 | 13/01/00 | Echo gully | section 07, outcrop investigation |
56 | 14/01/00 | SE gully | section 06, outcrop investigation |
57 | 15/01/00 | north flank of Trudge valley | recce and section 08 outcrop investigation |
58 | 16/01/00 | ||
59 | 17/01/00 | north flank of Trudge valley | mapping and section 08 outcrop description |
60 | 18/01/00 | north flank of Trudge valley | mapping and section 08 outcrop description |
61 | 19/01/00 | Echo gully | section 07 outcrop description |
62 | 20/01/00 | Echo gully/Beta camp | section 07 and breakdown/pullout of Beta camp |
63 | 21/01/00 | camp/Scott Base | pullout of Alpha camp and return to Scott Base |