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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 2004-05: VUWAE 49

*PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIELD

*PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIELD

  • Reception and planning for your event

    Access to an indexed set of past Scientific and Logistics reports would make this much easier. Because these reports are difficult (impossible for past US events) to access, we are re-inventing the wheel in many places.

  • Availability and condition of equipment received

    All equipment must be checked by people intending to take it into the field. This should be made clear to event personnel and extra time should be allotted for this.

  • Field training

    Although fun, AFT is a joke and essentially a waste of time for those who have spent time in the Antarctic field. It is however, useful for those who have not been in the Antarctic field with NZ equipment. The policy should revert to the 3 yr guideline- that is, no AFT if you have been to Antarctica in the past 3 years.

  • Safety and Risk Management processes

    It is getting a bit over the top. Keep the lawyers out of it. They make the money and cause us the work, yet we are no safer than before.

  • General comments about Scott Base

    Good place but getting a bit crowded in the past few years. Chefs' cooking is an order of magnitude better than anyone else who has ever cooked there!

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