Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 2006-07: VUWAE 51
*Sites Visited (please fill in a box for each site visited)
*Sites Visited (please fill in a box for each site visited)
Site name | Windless Bight |
Site location (coordinates/description including whether it is in the Dry Valleys ASMA or an ASPA) | 77°53′ 19.8″S, 167°05′20.66″E |
Dates occupied | 22 Oct to 24 Oct 2006 |
Total days (or hours) at site | 4 days |
Maximum number of people at site (your event) | 3 |
Total person-days (or person-hours) at site | 12 person-days |
Main activity undertaken | Ice core drilling |
Cumulative impacts observed | None |
Helo landing site if not established AND marked | N.A. |
Site name | Whitehall Glacier |
Site location (coordinates/description including whether it is in the Dry Valleys ASMA or an ASPA) | 72° 54.773′S, 169 ° 5.100 E, 400m asl |
Dates occupied | 06 Nov to 06 Dec 2006 |
Total days (or hours) at site | 32 |
Maximum number of people at site (your event) | 11 |
Total person-days (or person-hours) at site | 174 |
Main activity undertaken | Site survey and ice core drilling |
Cumulative impacts observed | Less than minor |
Helo landing site if not established AND marked | N.A. |
Site name | Mt Erebus Saddle |
Site location (coordinates/description including whether it is in the Dry Valleys ASMA or an ASPA) | 77° 30.90′S, 167 ° 40.559 E, 1600m asl |
Dates occupied | 15 Dec to 29 Dec 2006 |
Total days (or hours) at site | 15 |
Maximum number of people at site (your event) | 6 |
Total person-days (or person-hours) at site | 70 |
Main activity undertaken | Ice core drilling |
Cumulative impacts observed | Less than minor |
Helo landing site if not established AND marked | N.A. |
Site name | Evans Piedmont Glacier |
Site location (coordinates/description including whether it is in the Dry Valleys ASMA or an ASPA) | 76° 43.53′ S, 162 ° 35.29 E, 310m asl |
Dates occupied | 04 Jan 2007 |
Total days (or hours) at site | 4 |
Maximum number of people at site (your event) | 7 |
Total person-days (or person-hours) at site | 28 |
Main activity undertaken | Maintenance of automatic weather station |
Cumulative impacts observed | Less than minor |
Helo landing site if not established AND marked | N.A. |
Site name | Victoria Lower Glacier |
Site location (coordinates/description including whether it is in the Dry Valleys ASMA or an ASPA) | 77° 19.81′ S, 162 ° 31.93 E, 630m asl |
Dates occupied | |
Total days (or hours) at site | 2 hours |
Maximum number of people at site (your event) | 7 |
Total person-days (or person-hours) at site | 14 person-hours |
Main activity undertaken | Mass balance measurement |
Cumulative impacts observed | Less than minor |
Helo landing site if not established AND marked |