| Date |
Main Activities and Location |
Other Comments |
| 6 NOV |
Arrive in ChCh, WD, GW, MS kit-up |
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| 7 Mon |
Depart for SB at 8:45pm C-17, ariv McM 2:10 dinner at SB; Base/AFT briefs |
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| 8 Tue |
SB; WD, AFT refresh & SB paper; GW, MS - AFT |
Helo wts needed |
| 9 Wed |
SB; GW, MS - AFT continued; WD weighs helio loads |
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| 10 Thu |
SB; WD, MS, & GW pack field equipment |
beautiful walk on the sea ice |
| 11 Fri |
SB, re-weigh field equipment, repacking of food boxes |
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| 12 Sat |
SB; Snow Day stand-by helio day |
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| 13 Sun |
SB; Sleep in, rec-day |
Wx clearing |
| 14 Mon |
SB to Victoria Valley Dunes 9:30am, WD, GW & MS: set up camp; Packard ice water |
Tour vly, late finish in eve |
| 15 Tue |
VV, Sampling ice near VLG |
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| 16 Wed |
VV, Sampling ice near VLG; plenty of snow drifts to stor spls |
New ice drill works great |
| 17 Thu |
VV, Sampling dune & soils for OSL |
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| 18 Fri |
VV, Walk to L. Vida, examine/spl granites and gelifluction lobes |
3hr walk dunes-central Vida |
| 19 Sat |
VV, Envi audit; spl packard ice and relict dunes |
Envi audit needs practicality |
| 20 Sun |
VV, petro drill broken, hand cored dune spls |
Helo w/ Blake; cuts storge cave |
| 21 Mon |
WV, move to WV Meserve Gl camp 10a; set up; recon to Hart ash outcrop; |
Camp needs clean up |
| 22 Tue |
WV, found Hart ash, dug 2 pits. |
Early dinner 7pm |
| 23 Wed |
WV, dug 2 more pits in Hart ash |
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| 24 Thu |
WV, walk 4hr to Prospect Mesa to examine sedimets, GW spl granites |
Lg dust devel near Bull pass |
| 25 Fri |
BV, move to BV 10a, RS joins event; set up camp; recon to met sta |
Beaut lt wind day |
| 26 Sat |
BV, WD & GW transect counts of clasts; MS & RS met sta & find polygon to spl |
| 27 Sun |
BV, all walk 3hr to lower met sta. Clast profiles and examine Taylor ice front |
Blowing 20-30kts all day |
| 28 Mon |
BV, WD, MS spl polygon at met sta. GW clast counts |
RS repairs mst sta |
| 29 Tue |
BV, MS, RS & WD discuss 10Be sampling; GW clast counts |
RS & WD find bad GPS bolt UV |
| 30 Wed |
BV walk to Mullens lake; RS measures 8 GPS positions |
Snowing 4:30 |
| 1 Dec |
BV, GW & MS clast counts Beacon Hts; WD & RS to B-10 met sta |
Windy! |
| 2 Fri |
BV, MS & WD collect 10Be polygon spls on Mullins BV04, BV06; GW clast counts |
Windy/snowy |
| 3 Sat |
KV, 2p move to Kennar Vly with photo tour of Beacon and Turnabout; set up camp |
No wind, beaut day |
| 4 Sun |
KV, spl Metschel tillite; walk around pinnacle ridge 10hr walk; views awsome |
Beaut day (no wind) |
| 5 Mon |
KV, Wallk to finger mtn 10hr return along Taylor Gl; |
Beaut day, again no wind |
| 6 Tue |
KV, WD & RS spl soil pits cntral KV; MS & GW search for Metschel |
Morn visit by Eric |
| 7 Wed |
KV, break camp early; move to SB not poss, too windy/snowy; |
Winds gusting 40 kts |
| 8 Thu |
SB, Rob makes it in 9a; pack helo and av SB by 10:45 |
Winds gusting 20 kts |
| 9 Fri |
SB, clean equip; Andrill fam to Royds no herc from ChCh; K047 shout bar |
1 Herc broke, 1 makes it down |
| 10 Sat |
SB, cleaning, sorting & packing of field equipment; GW to WV with K064 |
Beaker Babble talk not attended |
| 11 Sun |
SB, WD,& MS subsample VVice at HFC, used 18C rm |
Ob Hill |
| 12 Mon |
SB, WD, & MS finish subsample ice |
Bag drag WD & RS |
| 13 Tue |
SB. WD RS & MS tired of SB |
RNZAF herc makes it |
| 14 Wed |
SB, Northbound Herc off 8:30a, hot cramped flt; no water! |
In Welly by 9:30p |
SB=Scott Base; VV=Victoria Valley; VLG = Victoria Lower Glacier; WV= Wright Valley, BV=Beacon Valley; KV= Kennar Valley
WD = Warren Dickinson; GW = Gretchen Williams; MS = Martin Schiller; RS = Ron Sletten
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