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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 2005-06: VUWAE 50

*Sites Visited (please fill in a box for each site visited)

*Sites Visited (please fill in a box for each site visited)

Site name Evans Piedmont Glacier
Site location (coordinates/description) 76° 435335S; 162° 35.2940 E, 314m asl, glacier surface
Dates occupied 28 Nov 05 to 01 Dec 05
Total days (or hours) at site 4
Maximum number of people at site (your event) 3
Total person-days (or person-hours) at site 12
Main activity undertaken High resolution snow pit sampling, maintenance and data retrieval of automatic weather station, GPS measurements for submergence velocity devices
Cumulative impacts observed Transitory and less than minor
Site name Victoria Lower Glacier I
Site location (coordinates/description) 77° 19.8053S; 162° 31.9252 E, 626m asl, glacier surface
Dates occupied 01 Dec 05 to 05 Dec 06
Total days (or hours) at site 5
Maximum number of people at site (your event) 3
Total person-days (or person-hours) at site 15
Main activity undertaken High resolution snow pit sampling, GPS measurements for submergence velocity devices
Cumulative impacts observed Transitory and less than minor
Site name Victoria Lower Glacier II
Site location (coordinates/description) 77° 20.81846S; 162° 29.5371 E, 527m asl, glacier surface
Dates occupied 02 Dec 05 and 03 Dec 05
Total days (or hours) at site 6 hours
Maximum number of people at site (your event) 3
Total person-days (or person-hours) at site 18 hours
Main activity undertaken Completion of GPS measurement for submergence velocity device. Complete retrieval of the device.
Cumulative impacts observed Transitory and less than minor
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Site name Mt Erebus Saddle
Site location (coordinates/description) 77°30.90S; 167° 40.59 E, 1600m asl, glacier surface
Dates occupied 05 Dec 05
Total days (or hours) at site 1 hour
Maximum number of people at site (your event) 3
Total person-days (or person-hours) at site 3 hours
Main activity undertaken Deployment of three 6m high snow stakes for mass balance measurement
Cumulative impacts observed Transitory and less than minor