15 Environmental Impact

i.

From your event diary, please summarise for each site visit made: Location (for field camps please give coordinates) Dates occupied Total days (or part days) spent at site Maximum number of people at site Total person-days spent at site (e.g. 5 people on site for 3 days = 15 person days) Main activity undertaken (e.g. soil sampling, penguin census, hut maintenance)

Site 1: location Trudge Valley, Allan Hills (approx. 76°42′18″ S, 159°47′24″ E); occupied 19/11/00 - 08/12/00; total days 20; maximum personnel 3; total person-days 60; activities geological mapping, outcrop description, rock sampling and assisting K047A event with drilling (see Figure 2).

Site 2: location Mount Feather (approx. 76° 42′ 00″ S, 160° 24′ 00″ E); occupied 09/12/00-15/12/00; total days 7; maximum personnel 3; total person-days 21; activities outcrop description, rock sampling (see Figure 3).

Site 3: location Table Mountain (approx. 77° 58′ 00″ S, 161° 58′ 00″ E); occupied 16/12/00 - 22/12/00; total days 6; maximum personnel 3; total person-days 18; activities outcrop description, rock sampling, permafrost polygon measuring (see Figure 4).

ii.	For any protected areas visited (including historic huts), provide details of: Date(s) of entry Total days (or part days) spent in area Maximum number of people in area Total person-days (or part person-days) spent in area Any comments on condition or management of area

No protected areas were visited by event members.

iii.

Detail any interference with terrestrial, freshwater or marine plants or animals or animal parts (e.g. shells, bones, feathers etc.) For each site and/or species sampled or disturbed, provide: Species Location Dates or periods of each collection or disturbance Total number or quantity removed, restrained or disturbed Nature of interference (e.g. sampling, restraint for tagging, disturbance by...)

Event members did not interfere with any wildlife.

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iv.	Detail any collection of geological material (including meteorites, ventifacts, fossils or sub-fossils) or soil. For each sample (or group of samples) taken describe the location, specimen type and quantity in kg.

Location	#of samples	Type	Total mass (kg)
Allan Hills (AH): small outcrop on western Trudge Valley (TV)	1	rock	0.6
AH: small outcrop on eastern side of the Triangle	1	rock	0.8
AH: south flank of eastern TV	12	rock	6
AH: north flank of eastern TV	4	rock	2
AH: large outcrop on west side of the Triangle	2	rock	2
AH: large outcrop on east side of the Triangle	2	rock	2
AH: mid part of TV high in the north flank	1	rock	0.8
AH: high on the north flank of TV	1	rock	0.5
Mount Feather (MF): large outcrop at southwestern corner of Sirius Group plateau	2	rock	1.5
MF: large outcrop on east corner of Sirius Group platform	2	rock	2
MF: large outcrop on north corner of Sirius Group platform	2	rock	2
Table Mountain (TM): low outcrop about 150 m east of camp	2	rock	2
TM: medium size outcrop about 400 m southeast of camp	2	rock	2
TM: small outcrop about 400 m south of camp	2	rock	2
TM: small outcrop about 400 m south of camp	2	rock	2
TM: medium size outcrop about 400 m east of camp	3	rock	0.5

v.

For each chemical (including radionucleides) taken to Antarctica, provide details of the chemical form and quantity and locations of use. Include details of use of fuel, paints, solvents etc in the field. If unused chemicals were not returned to New Zealand, provide details of location and quantities of material released or stored.

No chemicals were taken by event members to Antarctica.

vi.	Detail any use of explosives in Antarctica, including: Date Locations of use Explosive type Size of charge (kg)page 17 Number exploded

No explosives were used by event members in Antarctica.

vii.	Detail importation to Antarctica of any animals, plants (including any seeds), micro-organisms or soil, including any inadvertent introductions. Note the name and quantity of the species or substance(s), all the locations they were taken to, and whether they have been returned to New Zealand.

No animals, plants etc. were imported to or removed from Antarctica by event members.

viii.

List any equipment, markers, stakes or cairns installed in the field during your visit. If any remain in the field, provide details of the location, size and number of items. Note any plans for their retrieval, including the date they will be removed.

No equipment, markers, stakes or cairns were installed by event members in the field.

ix.	Provide details of any other environmental impacts of your activities including disturbance by trampling, sampling, use of vehicles (including aircraft), camp operations (including waste disposal), installation of equipment and buildings and/or cumulative impacts.

Daily activity by event members required tramping across the rock and snow surfaces of the fieldsites but no vehicles were used. Samples collected by Holme and Bornholdt were small and not of unique or single occurrence items. Any pits dug for sampling were small and filled back in.

Note any incidents which occurred or were observed (e.g. fuel spills, wildlife disturbance, inappropriate vehicle or aircraft use) and what reports or records have been made. If unreported, detail the date, time, location and nature of incident, and any action taken.

The only incident that occurred which impacted the landscape was when the HNZ helo 'HNO' picked up an underslung cargo box of K047A. The box was heavy and the pilot experienced difficulty lifting it so he was forced to drag the box beneath the helo to a point where the ground dropped off slightly and he could pick up the necessary momentum to lift off. The dragging of the box produced an irregular path in the lag surface of the ground which we were not able to return completely to its original condition.

x.	If the activities described above differ from the Preliminary Environmental Evaluation (PEE) completed for this event (and any approved changes), or from the Environmental Authorisation issued to it, explain how and why they differed.

The incident with the HNZ helo is reported here because the K047A event members had been returned to Marble Point before the incident happened and therefore could not report on it. It is associated with their event not K042 and if necessary should be discussed with them.