Date |
Main Activities and Location |
Other Comments |
7 NOV |
Arrive in ChCh, kit-up |
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8 Mon |
Depart for SB at 12:00pm C-17, ariv McM 5:15 dinner at SB; Base/AFT |
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9 Tue |
WD, DZ, LH - AFT 8am; night in snow cave and tents |
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10 Wed |
AFT continued |
windy conditions |
11 Thu |
SB, WD, DZ, & LH pack field equipment |
beautiful walk on the sea ice |
12 Fri |
SB, testing and final packing of field equipment, repacking of food boxes |
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13 Sat |
SB to Victoria Valley Dunes 11am, WD, DZ & LH: set up camp; Packard |
WD leaves back pack at SB! |
14 Sun |
VV, recon walk around the area |
wind towards sea; |
15 Mon |
VV, Profiling relict channels below Packard Glacier |
late finish; plot up data in |
16 Tue |
VV, Profiling relict channels below Packard Glacier; visit by Gary Steel in |
Packard Stm flows |
17 Wed |
VV, Profiling relict channels below Packard Glacier |
Temp near 0 C |
18 Thu |
VV, Profiling relict channels below Packard Glacier |
plot up profile data in eve |
19 Fri |
VV, DZ, LH set up resisivity (RV-1) 500m south of Dunes; WD maps Pkard |
Radio sched w/ AM; Temp 0 |
20 Sat |
VV, WD & LH sample ice near RV-1; AM arrives 3p; helo photos of Vly |
Helo move of core box to |
21 Sun |
VV, WD,LH,AM examine Pkard Gl/Stnm seds; DZ takes resisivity |
Helo w/ Blake; cuts storge |
22 Mon |
VV, WD,LH,DZ,AM recon 'morains' sth side vly; examine 'deltas' near Lk |
Back to camp against stng wind |
23 Tue |
VV, WD,LH,AM spl chaotica section DZ measures resisivity (RV-2) near |
Early dinner 8pmpage 4 |
24 Wed |
VV, WD,LH,AM,DZ working near chaotica section; DV visit @2pm |
ANZ board and FoRST |
25 Thu |
VV, Cont splng ice up LV strm; DZ resisivity at RV-3 |
Ed Hillary fly-by |
26 Fri |
VV, WD,LH sipre core buried ice; AM,DZ taking resisivity measuremnts |
McGowan event arivs at |
27 Sat |
VV, WD,LH sipre core buried ice & glacial ice; AM,DZ recon of Packard |
AM fixes dinner |
28 Sun |
VV,WD,LH sipre core LV apron; AM,DZ splng and resisvity at Lk Vida |
Late dinner |
29 Mon |
VV, WD,LH sipre core; AM,DZ splng and resisvity at Lk Vida |
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30 Tue |
VV, rationalize spl cashes to storage cave |
Packing for helo move |
1 DEC |
VV to BV, 3pm WD,LH helo-1 DZ,AM helo-2 @ BV by 7p; set up camp; |
Light winds in BV |
2 Thu |
BV, WD,LH,DZ,AM recon central BV and up into Univ Vly; 15-20 kt |
Found hndhld VHF lleft 3yr |
3 Fri |
BV, Excavated trench in Granash polygon: spled blocks of relict ice |
Windy/dusty diging |
4 Sat |
BV, WD,LH,AM cont spling Granash polygon; DZ resisivity sounding at |
Lite wind −6 C |
5 Sun |
BV, WD,LH,AM,DZ recon of Arena Vly; pic at Brawhm Pass |
Beaut day (no wind) |
6 Mon |
BV, WD,LH,AM finish spling Granash polygon; DZ resisivity sounding |
Temps –2 C getting warm in BV |
7 Tue |
BV, WD,LH,AM recon of non-granite till loc ice spl sites; DZ cont |
TwinOtter flying radar at |
8 Wed |
BV, WD,LH,AM spl ice below non-granite till; DZ resisvity above camp on |
Winds gusting 25 kts |
9 Thu |
BV, WD,LH sample buried ice Mullins Gl: DZ,AM resisivity work |
Contact w/ Marchant event |
10 Fri |
BV to SB LH, AM 1st helo & WD,DZ on 2nd;10a start |
Showers and chef |
11 Sat |
SB, cleaning, sorting & packing of field equipment; AM to Chch |
Pizza & Beaker Babble talk |
12 Sun |
SB, WD,LH getting set up to subsample ice at Crary lab |
Ob Hill |
13 Mon |
SB, WD,LH subsample ice at Crary lab; DZ packs equipmnt for home |
Bag drag WD, DZ |
14 Tue |
SB. WD,DZ on Herc for Chch 11p; LH sampling at Crary, Tristian helps |
In Welly by 9:30p |
15 Wed |
SB, LH sampling at Crary, Tristian helps |
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16 Thur |
SB-Chch, LH leaves sampling complete |
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SB=Scott Base; VV=Victoria Valley; BV=Beacon Valley; WD = Warren Dickinson; DZ = Dan Zwartz; AM = Andrew Mackintosh; LH = Leigh Hyland