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

*Event Diary

*Event Diary

SB=Scott Base; VV=Victoria Valley; BV=Beacon Valley; WD = Warren Dickinson; DZ = Dan Zwartz; AM = Andrew Mackintosh; LH = Leigh Hyland
Date Main Activities and Location Other Comments
7 NOV Arrive in ChCh, kit-up
8 Mon Depart for SB at 12:00pm C-17, ariv McM 5:15 dinner at SB; Base/AFT
9 Tue WD, DZ, LH - AFT 8am; night in snow cave and tents
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
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
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
16 Thur SB-Chch, LH leaves sampling complete