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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 2000-01: VUWAE 45

7) EVENT DIARY

7) EVENT DIARY

DATE LOCATION BRIEF DIARY
NOV 3 Chch WD,AP,PC,TK boomerang flight
S 4 Chch-SB WD,AP,PC,TK arrive SB 8:30p
Su 5 SB Boxes to cold porch & begin unpacking
M 6 SB Prep & repack drill equip
T 7 SB AP,PC,TK,WD meet w/ BG,KW; Core boxes from BFC, Rig for test drill of SB diesel spill
W 8 SB Test drill system; compressor operation in cold; took 1m core in basalt for contamination
Th 9 SB-Vida Pack drill kit; WD,AP,PC,TK 7:30p to Vida; BG, KW av Vida 10pm; 4x sling loads follow; last av @ 5am
F 10 Vida Set-up drill system; WD takes 1.5m Sipre core of L Vida ice near west end stream entry
S 11 Vida 12pm start drill PC-5; move to PC-4; finish @ 6pm
Su 12 Vida 10am start drill PC-1; 3pm move to PC-6 & finish 8pm; Cleary drops off spare bits from Websters
M 13 Vida Visit by Craig Potton 9am 10am move to PC-7 & drill; 12:30p move to PC-3; 3pm move to PC-2 & finish drill 5:30p; AP,PC,TK,KW hike across lake
T 14 Vida 9am coms w/ SB and McM about next moves; 11am start drill PC-8; page break 4:30p start drill PC-9 finish 5p; dig & find DVDP-6; plans to case but need to make tools @SB
W 15 Vida WoW to move AP to SB; BG & KW hike to dune; others in camp
Th 16 Vida WoW; BG,WD hike to overlook; others in camp
F 17 Vida WoW; BG,WD hike to Upper Victoria Glacier, others hike to Dune
S 18 Vida 9am PC,BG to McM; 2pm AP to Cape Roberts to repair tide gauge; WD studies pattern ground
Su 19 Vida 12pm WD,TK,KW hike to east end of Lake Vida
M 20 Vida 8:30am PC arrives w/tools; 11pm reaming DVDP-6 w/ casing; hole in good cond; AP arrives 1:30p; set 12m of casing w/10l water; capped by 5pm; packed up drill system by 7pm
T 21 Vida-Mpt 4pm WD,AP,PC,TK,KW + personal kit & ice core box to Mpt via K047B, Lower Vic Glacier to pick up solar panel; PC & KW on to McM; repack camp kit for AH
W 22 Mpt-AH 3pm WP,CH,GK move SB to Mpt; 4:30p AP,TK,GK,CH move to AH/Trudge Vly & set up camp by 8pm; WD,WP hike to Bay of Sails north of Mpt.
Th 23 Mpt-AH 10:30a WD,WP to AH/Trudge Vly; fuel sling from Mpt; 2x sling + internal loads from Vida to AH by 4pm; setting up drill rig
F 24 AH Setting up rig; drilling@1pm; AH-T-1 ice free to 1.5m = no core! repair power head; WD,WP hike to U Triangle
S 25 AH WD,PH observe Sirius @ U Triangle; Compressor mount sheared off, geo bolts found for repair! carb repair on power head; no drilling
Su 26 AH WD,PH,CH,WP hike to L Triangle & LakeVly; 11am drilling AH-T-1 & TD in Weller @ 6:30p
M 27 AH WD,AP,TK,GK,PH check L Triangle & decide not to drill there; WP,CH hike to Camp Vly; WD rtn to camp via Watters Pk; solar flares = no radio coms
T 28 AH 10am move rig 150m S; WD,WP,CH ice cored LV-1 = 1.1m and LV-2 = 2.05m w/ PICO auger; return 6pm; 4pm drill AH-T-2 to 1.8m no ice; hole caving; 7pm cmted rubble w/20l water to set for nite; no coms
W 29 AH Coms w/SB;10:30a drill out cmted rubble & cored 2.0-4.5m w/reaming, finish 6pm; blowing >15knts all day
Th 30 AH 11am coring and reaming 4.5-8.3m; TD in Weller@ 7pm; used nearly all fuel; 11pm-2am packed rig for 10am sling out
DEC 1 AH WoW @ AH, fine at SB; good coms for weather reports every 2hrs
S 2 AH WoW; WD,AP,WP climb Sched Pk for weather rpt; WD,WP examine pattern ground in Trudge Vly
Su 3 AH WoW; WD,CB examine Mawson on Mt Watters: others in camp all day; WD & CB collect & bag old rubbish from around supply cashe (ca 1963) left at tongue of Odell Glacier in Trudge Vly
M 4 AH-Mpt 9:45a WD,AP,WP,GK move to Battleship Prom. to collect endoliths; unload survival gear; helo moves TK,CH to Mpt; 12:45 WD,AP,WP,GK move to Mpt; clean & repack camp kit for TM
T 5 Mpt WoW @ Mpt for move to TM; read, video, eat!
W 6 Mpt WoW; outline prelim report; examine beach ridges N of Marble Pt
Th 7 Mpt-TM 10am WD,TK,GK move to TM; 10cm snow = difficult to locate page break drill sites; carried gear 400m downslope to SW and set-up camp; 2x slings + internal from AH; 1x sling from Mpt; AP,CH av @ 10:15p & finish camp set-up 1am!
F 8 TM AP,WD find exact loc of camp on aerial photo; set up rig; new warm up procedure for compressor; drilling TM-00-1 by 6:30p & cored 0.5m when clutch on power head broke
S 9 TM Drilling @ 11am 0.8m/hr; ice cuttings not clearing well; stopped @ 7:30p @6.1m, slow but steady day
Su 10 TM 10am changed to T-60 bit, drilled 0.2m & barrel got frozen in hole 11am; jacks in bad repair & could not jack out; poured hot salty water (6% sol'n) in hole but no give; rod twisted off @ sub; spare sub at SB; moral is low!
M 11 TM 11am AP to SB for tools and parts; WD,CH measure polygons; WD,CH,GK climb Mt Buggar; AP arrives 11pm with retrieval tools
T 12 TM 10am overdrilling w/NQ; 10:30a NQ bit is frozen & stuck; 3pm jacked out NQ; move to TM-00-2; 1.5hrs to start cooler; 10pm monkey jars & fuel av from SB; 11pm finished coring @2.37m
W 13 TM Drilled data logger post hole TM-00-2a; spud TM-00-3 @1pm; TD@ 2.17 when radiator cooler clogged w/ ice @3:30p. AP sets up data logger in TM-00-2
Th 14 TM Moved to TM-00-4 & cored 3.21m in 1.5 hrs and finished by 1pm; moved to TM-00-5; drilling dolerite clast (0.3m in 1.5hr) & decided to TD hole @ 1.83m; drilled data logger post hole TM-00-5a; WD sampled Sirius fractures
F 15 TM 10am drilling TM-00-6; 10:30a K042 av & set up camp around us; drilling slow but steady; 6:30p TD @ 4.40m & packed fly boxes; AP sets up #2 data logger in TM-00-6
S 16 TM 3x slings to SB @ 2, 3:30 & 5am; WD,SH climb Navajo Pk; upslope cloud @9am; WoW to move to SB
Su 17 TM-SB 9:30a WD,SH to SB; 11:30a AP,TK,GK to SB; clean camp kit; pack boxes for NZ; bag drag 6:30p
M 18 SB-Chch 9am WD,AP to Chch; av 5pm & de-kit; 6:30pm flight to Wgtn

K047A Personnel

WD (Warren Dickinson)

AP (Alex Pyne)

TK (Tony Kingan)

PC (Pat Cooper)

GK (Glen Kingan)

CH (Chris Hosie)

WP (Wayne Pollard)

K042 personnel

PH (Phil Holm)

CB (Carl Bornholdt)

SH (Steve Hicock)

NSF Personnel Lake Vida

BG (Bill Gilmore)

KW (Kirsten Wade)

Abbreviations

TD (total depth)

WoW (waiting on weather)

@ (at)

av (arrive)

lv (leave)

SB (Scott Base)

McM (McMurdo station)

Mpt (Marble Pt. station)

AH (Allan Hills)

TM (Table Mt)